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Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1023
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1853
Author
Forbes, James David
Publisher
Edinburgh : Black
Call Number
DL417 F6
Author
Forbes, James David
Publisher
Edinburgh : Black
Published Date
1853
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Notes
Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
Call Number
DL417 F6
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Iceman : uncovering the life and times of a prehistoric man found in an alpine glacier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue21304
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2001
Author
Fowler, Brenda
Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Call Number
GB2401 F6
Author
Fowler, Brenda
Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Published Date
2001
Physical Description
315p. : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alps
Antiquities
Neolithic period
ISBN
0226258238
Call Number
GB2401 F6
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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A tale of two passes : an inquiry into certain alpine literature

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue20167
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2008
Author
Putnam, William Lowell
Publisher
Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology
Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies
Call Number
08 P98 T14
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Author
Putnam, William Lowell
Responsibility
William L. Putnam
Publisher
Flagstaff, Arizona : Light Technology
Co-published by American Alpine Club, Alpine Club of Canada and International Association of Alpine Societies
Published Date
2008
Physical Description
i, 219 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mountaineering
Alps
Alps, Italian
History
Passes
Literature
Abstract
Written by AAC Honorary President William L Putnam, "this text is devoted to that pair of passes: the Mont Cenis and the Great Saint Bernard. Both of these mountain crossings appear to have been known and used from pre-Roman times. Both were prominently and frequently used by the Romans inestablishing and maintaining their empire; both were long adorned with hospice/shelters near their crests; and both have been by-passed by modern tunnels but are still crossed by paved highways. Despite these similiarites, their historic prominence derives from distinctly different events and factors. Herein lies the histories of these passes and stories of many travelers amongst the Alps - told as much as possible in their own words." ( from book jacket)
Contents
Introduction
Part I:
Chapter I : Early Alpine Passages
Chapter II : The Terrain
Part II:
Chapter III : Hannibal's Crossing
Chater IV : The Argument
Chapter V : The Railway
Part III:
Chater VI : The Other Route of the Ancients
Chapter VII : Hazards of the Mountain
Chapter VIII : The Great Saint Bernard in Later Literature
Chapter IX : The Early Alpinists
Chapter X : The Largest Crossing
Chapter XI : Popes and Passes
Index
Notes
Signed by author - addressed to Margaret Gmoser - dated October 19th, 2008
ISBN
1-891824-66-X
Accession Number
AC637
Call Number
08 P98 T14
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Book available through The American Alpine Club
Websites
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