Dishonorable Dr. Cook: Debunking the Notorious Mount McKinley Hoax

Dishonorable Dr. Cook: Debunking the Notorious Mount McKinley Hoax

Peter Cherici investigates Frederick Cook's fraudulent claim to have climbed Denali in 1906. A detective story about lies, ego, and the early days of American mountaineering, when the summit was less important than the story you told about it.
Publisher Mountaineer Books
Published 2001
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