Kingdom of Adventure - Everest - A Chronicle of Man's Assault on the Earth's Highest Mountain...

Collins 1948
This is the story of man's bid to conquer the highest mountain in the world. It is told in the words of the great mountaineers who have taken part in the various expeditions to climb Mount Everest - Blacker, Leigh-Mallory, Irvine, Younghusband and the rest. Ullman, himself an experienced and enthusiastic mountaineer, has delved deep into the whole literature of Everest and from the many accounts that have been written, he has spun a tale of adventure and heroism equal in grandeur to the great mountain itself...