Climb to Conquer: the Untold Story of Wwii's 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops
by Peter Shelton
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0743226062
- ISBN 13
- 9780743226066
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In the late-1930s United States, rock climbing and downhill skiing were relatively new sports. But World War II brought a need for men who could handle extreme mountainous conditions -- and the elite 10th Mountain Division was born. Everything about it was unprecedented: It was the sole U.S. Army division trained on snow and rock, the only division ever to grow out of a sport. It had an un-matched number of professional athletes, college scholars, and potential officer candidates, and as the last U.S. division to enter the war in Europe, it suffered the highest number of casualties per combat day. This is the 10th's surprising, suspenseful, and often touching story.
Drawing on years of interviews and research, Shelton re-creates the ski troops' lively, extensive, and sometimes experimental training and their journey from boot camp to the Italian Apennines. There, scaling a 1,500-foot "unclimbable" cliff face in the dead of night, they stunned their enemy and began the eventual rout of the German armies from northern Italy.
It was a self-selecting elite, a brotherhood in sport and spirit. And those who survived (including the Sierra Club's David Brower, Aspen Skiing Corporation founder Friedl Pfeifer, and Nike cofounder Bill Bowerman, who developed the waffle-sole running shoe) turned their love of mountains into the thriving outdoor industry that has transformed the way Americans see (and play in) the natural world.
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- Title
- Climb to Conquer: the Untold Story of Wwii's 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops
- Author
- Peter Shelton
- Format/Binding
- Book vg, no DJ
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743226062
- ISBN 13
- 9780743226066
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 275
- Keywords
- army mountain division, ww2, italy 10th, ski troops, mountains
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