The Last of His Kind, David Roberts
The Last of His Kind, David Roberts
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The Last of His Kind
The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer

Author: David Roberts

Narrator: David de Vries

Unabridged: 11 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/24/2020

Synopsis

“Stunning and stirring.”—Boston GlobeIn The Last of His Kind, renowned adventure writer David Roberts gives readers a spellbinding history of mountain climbing in the twentieth century as told through the biography of Brad Washburn, legendary mountaineering pioneer and photographer. Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, has praised David Roberts, saying, “Nobody alive writes better about mountaineering”—and nowhere is that truth more evident than in this breathtaking account of the life and exploits of America’s greatest mountain climber.

About David Roberts

David Roberts (born 1943) is a climber, mountaineer, and author of books and articles about climbing. He is particularly noted for his books The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative, chronicling major ascents in Alaska in the 1960s, which had a major impact on the form of mountaineering literature. In thirteen seasons spent in the Alaskan wilderness, Roberts is well known for many first ascents, including the Wickersham Wall on Mount McKinley, the West rib of Mount Huntington, climbing in the Western Brooks Range and the Kichatna Spires, and on the East Face of Mount Dickey.Roberts is the son of Walter Orr Roberts and mentor to Jon Krakauer.David Roberts attended Harvard University, where he received a mathematics degree in 1965. He was a member of and former president of the Harvard Mountaineering Club. He also received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver in 1970.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

The Last of his Kind is an eminently readable bio of a remarkable character. Not only was Bradford Washington arguably the greatest mountaineer of his age, a man who bagged more than a fistful of firsts and who revolutionized climbing techniques, he was an accomplished nature photographer, whose wor......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America’s Boldest Mountaineer / David Roberts. We raced through this read-aloud, entranced both by the mountain climbing stories, and the personal characterizations of Washburn and his close associates. Of especial interest to us we......more

Goodreads review by Patrice

I previously read and loved his wife’s autobiography The Accidental Adventurer: Memoir of the First Woman to Climb Mt. McKinley. I liked Brad’s biography, but not as much—maybe because it was a biography versus an autobiography? Before reading it, I associated Brad with mountaineering and map-making......more

Goodreads review by David

If you are not familiar with the history of mountaineering in North America, particularly Alaska, this is a must read. The author is himself a noted climber and entertaining author.......more

Goodreads review by Evan

I want to climb a mountain......more

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