The Last Hero – Bill Tillman: A Biography of the Explorer

The Last Hero – Bill Tillman: A Biography of the Explorer

Tim Madge
Tilman was the greatest explorer-mountaineer of the twentieth century and among the most eccentric. He climbed Nanda Devi, sailed to the Arctic in his seventies, and disappeared at sea at 79. The biography matches the subject — spare, tough, admirable.
exploration Mountains & Climbing Sailing & Paddling Biography
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Publisher Mountaineer Books
Published 1995
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