Bibliograph

Into thin air, a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster, Jon Krakauer

Type

Label

Into thin air, a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster, Jon Krakauer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 293)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1320, Lexile

resource.interestGradeLevel

RL4.9,RL8.9

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Into thin air

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

36130642

Responsibility statement

Jon Krakauer

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 8.9, 17.0, 19789.Reading Counts RC, High School, 10, 24, Quiz: 05873, Guided reading level: NR.

Sub title

a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster

Summary

Krakauer provides a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster. The 1996 expedition he was reporting on and climbing with was engulfed by a storm. Five of his fellow climbers were dead and the 6th horribly frostbitten. By the time all expeditions had quit the mountains, twelve people had perished

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Into thin air

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