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The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer Paperback – June 15, 2010

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“Stunning and stirring.”

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In The Last of His Kind, renowned adventure writer David Roberts gives readers a spellbinding history of mountain climbing in the twentieth century as told through the biography of Brad Washburn, legendary mountaineering pioneer and photographer. Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, has praised David Roberts, saying, “Nobody alive writes better about mountaineering”—and nowhere is that truth more evident than in this breathtaking account of the life and exploits of America’s greatest mountain climber.

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American Brad Washburn's impact on his protégés and imitators was as profound as that of any other adventurer in the twentieth century. Unquestionably regarded as the greatest mountaineer in Alaskan history and as one of the finest mountain photographers of all time, Washburn transformed American attitudes toward wilderness and revolutionized the art of mountaineering and exploration in the great ranges. In The Last of His Kind, National Geographic Adventure contributing editor David Roberts goes beyond conventional biography to reveal the essence of this man through the prism of his extraordinary exploits from New England to Chamonix, and from the Himalayas to the Yukon. An exciting narrative of mountain climbing in the twentieth century, The Last of His Kind brings into focus Washburn's deeds in the context of the history of mountaineering, and provides a fascinating look at an amazing culture and the influential icon who shaped it.

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David Roberts is an avid climber and the author of more than twenty books, including The Mountain of My Fear, which was named on National Geographic Adventure's list of the 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time. His articles have appeared in National Geographic Adventure, Men's Journal, and Smithsonian, among other publications. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (June 15, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061560952
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061560958
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.84 x 8 inches
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David Roberts (born 1943) is a climber, mountaineer, and author of books and articles about climbing. He is particularly noted for his books The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative, chronicling major ascents in Alaska in the 1960s, which had a major impact on the form of mountaineering literature. In thirteen seasons spent in the Alaskan wilderness, Roberts is well known for many first ascents, including the Wickersham Wall on Mount McKinley, the West rib of Mount Huntington, climbing in the Western Brooks Range and the Kichatna Spires, and on the East Face of Mount Dickey.

Roberts is the son of Walter Orr Roberts and mentor to Jon Krakauer.

David Roberts attended Harvard University, where he received a mathematics degree in 1965. He was a member of and former president of the Harvard Mountaineering Club. He also received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver in 1970.

From 1970 to 1979 Roberts was a professor of literature at Hampshire College, in Amherst, Massachusetts, as well as designing the college's Outdoors Program.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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IA
5.0 out of 5 stars Greta biography
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
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Nice present for Alaskans
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davvo
5.0 out of 5 stars Still swimming into Washburns images
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2021
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Great read glued me to my Kindle Cloud Reader accessed through my phone. I couldn’t put it down. Washburns expeditions to Alaska combined with his surveying and aerial photography make this story a go and a rich narrative.

You’ll leave where you are for a world you’ll feel and see through Roberts words and Washburns actions. You’ll think about being young and being old and having children and getting married alongside Brad in the midst of his life’s adventure.
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CODJ2013
4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Biography on Washburn
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2015
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I never knew who Brad Washburn was, or The Harvard Five for that matter, but this book provided a great account of Brad's life and his exploration and love for Alaska, mountaineering, photography and science.
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Bea
5.0 out of 5 stars Great bio of a great man!
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2018
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Bradford Washburn is one of those men who did great things in his long lifetime, but 99.9% of people never heard of him. Photos of Alaskan mountains that he took out of the back of a small airplane in the 1930s are still used today, as are his maps of those mountains by climbers. They have greater detail than most current maps. I was fortunate to attend one of his lectures in Alaska in 1995 and realized then he was a remarkable person. He was 85 at the time, and still climbed mountains. A true adventurer!
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Martin Payne
5.0 out of 5 stars A spectacular read
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2021
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Combine the incredible life of Bradford Washburn with the prose of David Roberts? The result is simply divine!
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Proviso
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great David Roberts book
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2020
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The story of Brad Washburn’s life deserved to be placed in good hands. Any one facet of his life — his mountaineering firsts, his aerial photography breakthroughs, the founding of Boston’s Museum of Science — could take us any number of side trails. But David Roberts knows how to lead us on such a journey and does it well. Bravo.
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Patricia A. Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting. I never knew this about the Science Museum ...
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018
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Interesting. I never knew this about the Science Museum in Boston.
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Robert G
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Brad Washburn biography in new condition
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2020
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Amazing book by an outstanding biographer. The came in new condition and was the deal of the century. If people have any interest in mountaineers or mountain photography, they need to read David Robert’s epic tribute to Brad Washburn.
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