Resumen
MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND traces the historical antecedents that shaped our popular conception of the "Great Outdoors"--in particular, our desire to climb mountains. Journalist MacFarlane blends adventure story with poetry, art movements with history, to paint a vivid and richly detailed story about why we love to scale those dizzying heights of Everest and McKinley. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
