The Eight Sailing/mountain-exploration Books
- ISBN-10
- 0898861438
- ISBN-13
- 9780898861433
- Category
- Explorers
- Pages
- 956
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- The Mountaineers Books
- Author
- Harold William Tilman
Description
Includes Mischief in Patagonia; Mischief Among the Penguins; Mischief in Greenland; and Mostly Mischief.
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