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Hamish MacInnes : the fox of Glencoe
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25653
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- MacInnes, Hamish
- Publisher
- Scotland : Scottish Mountaineering Press
- Call Number
- 01.2 M26h
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- Author
- MacInnes, Hamish
- Responsibility
- Edited by Deziree Wilson
- Publisher
- Scotland : Scottish Mountaineering Press
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 367 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Scotland
- Biographies
- Abstract
- From a youthful solo of the Matterhorn, through historic first ascents, hunting for treasure, inventing equipment and pioneering mountain rescue, Hamish MacInnes recalls a lifetime of epic adventures in this eclectic selection of tales. His restless curiosity and pragmatic approach to risk and loss are vivdly rendered with wry, elegant style, offering unique insight into the mind of one of the greatest mountaineers of our time. -- From back cover
- ISBN
- 9781907233395
- Accession Number
- P2022.14
- Call Number
- 01.2 M26h
- Collection
- Archives Library
- URL Notes
- Mountain Literature (Non Fiction) The Jon Whyte Award 2022 Winner
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Where legends live : a historical walk through the old Banff cemetery unlocking the stories of the past
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26279
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2023
- Author
- MacDonald, Graham
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Holy Grail Publishers
- Call Number
- 08.3 M26c
- Author
- MacDonald, Graham
- Publisher
- Banff, AB : Holy Grail Publishers
- Published Date
- 2023
- Physical Description
- 86 pages ; 25.5 cm
- Abstract
- Historical walking tour through the Old Banff Cemetery describing local figures and their histories.
- Contents
- Cemetery map (index) -- Cemetery map -- Sacred acknowledgement -- Special thanks to -- Introduction -- Passages of time -- Thomas Wilson -- Sandy Thompson -- Margaret and Henry Greenham -- Bill Davie -- Hounour our war vets -- Dave White -- Bill Neish -- Scotty Harrison -- Jim Brewster -- Arthur Wheeler -- Mary Schäffer -- Norman Sanson -- Billy McCardell -- Jon Whyte -- George Budak -- Lars Haukaness -- Annie Staples -- History of Bankhead -- Louie Trono -- Castle Mountain internment camp -- Bruce Beattie -- Bill Peyto -- Dr. Robert Brett -- Dr. Pat Costigan -- Norman Luxton -- Catharine and Peter Whyte -- Dr. Raymond Payley -- Walter Peyto, Heinie (Banff's war horse) 1914 -- Acknowledgments.
- ISBN
- 97809867512
- Accession Number
- 2024.08
- Call Number
- 08.3 M26c
- Collection
- Archives Library
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