“mckay jenkins”

In 1969, five young men from Montana set out to accomplish what no one had before: to scale the sheer north face of Mt. Cleveland, Glacier National Park's tallest mountain, in winter. Two days later tragedy struck: they were buried in an avalanche so deep that their bodies would not be discovered un... More

In the winter of 1913, high in the Canadian Arctic, two Catholic priests set out on a dangerous mission to do what no white men had ever attempted: reach a group of utterly isolated Eskimos and convert them. Farther and farther north the priests trudged, through a frigid and bleak country known as t... More

In more than 130 articles, key documents, and treaties, this comprehensive, three-volume set presents the history of Tibet, from the pre-tenth through the mid-twentieth centuries. The collection includes articles and extracts from books, never-before published maps and illustrations, and an annotate... More

Turn your feelings from liabilities ("I'm a victim") into assets ("I can manage!"). You can decide how you want to feel!The self-improvement tool kit in this book will help you handle anger, anxiety, depression, guilt and stress. You'll find practical information and straightforward prodcedures t oh... More

When World War II broke out in Europe, the American army had no specialized division of mountain soldiers. But in the winter of 1939-40, after a tiny band of Finnish mountain troops brought the invading Soviet army to its knees, an amateur skier named Charles Minot "Minnie" Dole convinced the United... More

Discusses the changing nature of racial politics in the 1940s South as revealed in the works of four white writers who themselves had uneasy relationships with their own white culture: W. J. Cash, William Alexander Percy, Lillian Smith, and Carson McCullers.If the nation as a whole during the 1940s ... More