An extraordinary true story about one man's attempt to salve the wounds of war and save his own soul through an audacious adventure.
In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone.
Wilson doesn't kn.
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Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster The moth and the mountain: a true story of love, war, and everest, hardcover/ed caesar
