PA, 1991, 1st edition. 263 pp, photos, ills. Thirty-six accounts, most of them first hand, of the earliest recorded climbs in the United States. Volume is arranged chronologically, beginning with William Bradford's 'History of Plymouth Plantation', and concluding with John Muir in the Minarets and on Matterhorn Peak, 1873. Inlcudes Rockies, Tetons, Sierra, Cascades, Mount Washington, etc. As new paperback (only edition).
