{"product_id":"the-last-man-on-the-mountain-9780393339970","title":"The Last Man on the Mountain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating tale…Readers who are into high-altitude adventure stories won’t be disappointed.\" —\u003cem\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jordan's skilled storytelling brings Wolfe to vivid life.\" -- Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] fascinating tale, taking the reader from Manhattan high society to the slopes of what the climbing community calls the ‘Savage Summit.’…Readers who aren’t familiar with high-altitude mountaineering will have no problem getting into it…Readers who are into high-altitude adventure stories won’t be disappointed. [Jordan]’s done her job, refuting the stereotype that Wolfe was a fat and slow climber who tried to be the first to buy his way atop a Himalayan peak.\" -- Rob Merrill - ABC News\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Last Man on the Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e will find its place in the adventure canon of man versus mountains, when wool, hemp, and hobnails ruled, and class and national differences roiled beneath the surface…Jordan has done a great job.\" -- Peter Porterfield, author of In the Zone and Classic Hikes of the World\u003cbr\u003e\"Jordan is solid with her generous descriptions of her subject’s good nature…and with her account of finding evidence of Wolfe’s story some 60-plus years after the fact on the mountain he scaled but did not leave.\" -- Kirkus Reviews","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525143667031,"sku":"9780393339970","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393339970.jpg?v=1731859396","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-man-on-the-mountain-9780393339970","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}