I'll Climb Mount Everest Alone : The Story of Maurice Wilson
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158pp. Indexed. Black and white plate illustrations. Green cloth covered boards (clean and sharp), in a pictorial dust jacket (with small loss at base on front and lightly chipped on upper edges). Internally bright, clean crisp. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. An account of a wild and eccentric attempt in 1934 to fly single-handed to Everest & climb it alone by Capt M. Wilson, based on this diary found after his death. He was convinced that fasting and prayer would take him to the top.
