Mallory of Everest

George Leigh Mallory died on Everest more than forty years ago. He had failed to climb the highest mountain in the world. Other men have since succeeded, yet Mallory's name is forever associated with Everest. Why is this so? The answer may be found in this book, in which Showell Styles, himself a Himalayan climber, relates the history of Everest from its discovery, through the heroism and tragedy of Mallory's three attempts on the great mountain, to the present day. No superman, Mallory was a very human hero who challenged the world's most treacherous peak before anyone knew the effects of high altitudes on men. The saga of Everest which ended with Mallory's death in 1924 is as compelling a story as that of Hillary's triumphant victory in 1953. --From the first American edition