The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente
* Drawn from extensive interviews with Houston and full access to his letters and personal journals
* Historic photos from Houston's Himalayan expeditions, Peace Corps leadership in India, pioneering high-altitude medicine research, and more
* Foreword by Bill Moyers, introduction by Tom Hornbein
* Includes DVD documentary-with historical film footage-of the epic American attempt of K2 in 1953, and the resulting rescue that remains one of mountaineering's most harrowing stories It was a failed summit attempt and a failed rescue in the Himalaya that brought Charles Houston, M.D., fame and adulation in the mountaineering world. His leadership of the K2 expedition of 1953 is still celebrated as the embodiment of all that is right and good in the mountains. In Brotherhood of the Rope, Bernadette McDonald traces the development of an American hero. Houston is a mountaineer whose groundbreaking medical experiments on altitude and the human body helped calibrate the nation's WI air-assault strategy and shorten the war. This is the man personally recruited by Sergeant Shriver to lead the first Peace Corps programs in India; the friend whom Bill Moyers credits with saving his life; the physician who built some of the first artificial-heart prototypes in his garage. Houston is still a leading authority in high-altitude medicine, and serves as a mentor for troubled teens.
Llorente, Pilar Molina: - Pilar Molina Llorente is a translator and children's book author. In 2013 she received the Edebü¾Ž–”¼ Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature for Tesa. She is also the author of The Apprentice.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780374404321 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374404321 |
| Title | The Apprentice |
| Author | Pilar Molina Llorente |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Square Fish |
| Year published | 1994-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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