A first Printing of the First American Edition with little blemishing in Near Fine condition in a somewhat soiled Near Fine dust-jacket; is a memoir of a mountaineer's journey from his childhood in the French Alps to the Himalayas during World War II.Jean-Andr� Vercors tells the story of his odyssey from the French Alps to the Himalayas in 1938-1939, when he was only seventeen years old. The Battle of Silence is the story of a mountaineer's journey from his childhood in the French Alps to the Himalayas during World War II. Vercors is a remarkable storyteller, and his account of his ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga, a climb that has never been successfully repeated, is riveting.; 8vo; 286 pages; Price? ? ?

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Title: The Battle of Silence - 1st Us Edition/1st Printing
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, Chicago
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing.
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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