{"product_id":"the-vast-unknown-hardcover","title":"The Vast Unknown Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eStore Name: Online Store\u003cbr\u003eProduct Condition: Good As New\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Nil\u003cbr\u003eExpiry date: Nil\u003cbr\u003eWarranty date: Nil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook Type: Non Fiction\/Autobiography\/Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBy the author of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEverest: Mountain Without Mercy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethis chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e1963 – published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary­ – combines \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eriveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003econtext, and revelations about a secret mission that followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the midst of the Cold War, against the backdrop of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the space race with the Soviet Union, and the quagmire of the Vietnam War, a band of iconoclastic, independent-minded American mountaineers set off for Mt. Everest, aiming to restore America's confidence and optimism. Their objective is to reach the summit while conducting scientific research, but which route will they take? Might the Chinese, in a public relations coup, have reached the top ahead of them? And what about another American team, led by the grandson of a President, that nearly bagged the peak in a bootleg attempt a year earlier?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Vast Unknown\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis, on one level, a harrowing, character-driven account of the climb itself and its legendary team of alternately inspiring, troubled, and tragic climbers who suffered injuries, a near mutiny, and death on the mountain. It is also an examination of the profound sway the expedition had over the American consciousness and sense of identity during a time when the country was floundering. And it is an investigation of the expedition's little-known outcome: the selection of a team to plant a CIA surveillance device on the Himalayan peak of Nanda Devi, to spy into China where Defense Intelligence learned that nuclear missile testing was underway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BROUGHTON COBURN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55918969290825,"sku":"hdv1787249205278","price":3.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0937\/7185\/7993\/files\/the-vast-unknown-hardcover_1.jpg?v=1787249211","url":"https:\/\/streetclad.shop\/products\/the-vast-unknown-hardcover","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}