First Over Everest The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781020804724)

This thrilling account depicts the tale of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest. Led by Houston, it was also the first expedition to utilize bottled oxygen to reach the highest peak. Anna Kavan writes with the same excitement and tense moments as if the reader were actually present on the treacherous climb.

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