Mountain of Destiny: Nanga Parbat and Its Path Into the German Imagination
(Part of the Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture Series)
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Never has a mountain occupied the German imagination longer and more thoroughly than Nanga Parbat (8,125m), the world's ninth-highest peak, located in the extreme western part of the Himalaya chain in present-day Pakistan. Repeatedly referred to in the 1930s as the German "mountain of destiny," over a period of roughly two decades from 1932 to 1953 Nanga Parbat became not only the destination of six German mountaineering expeditions, but also the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1571139583
ISBN13:9781571139580
Release Date:June 2016
Publisher:Camden House (NY)
Length:290 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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