TIGERS OF THE SNOW & OTHER VIRTUAL SHERPAS: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF HIMALAYAN ENCOUNTERS. Vincanne Adams Pbk As New (Adams, Vincanne)

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1996, 1st edition., 1996. 304 pp, photos. Paperback, as New. An anthropologist observes and describes Sherpa culture, both in its home at the base of Everest, and also how the myth of the ''Sherpa'' has permeated the ideal of strength and heroism in the western mind.
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