Last of His Kind

<p>Stunning and stirring.<p></p></p><p>--<em>Boston Globe<p></p></em></p><p><em><p> </p></em></p><p>In <em>The Last of His Kind </em>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 <em>Into Thin Air </em>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. <p></p></p>