Summiting Everest: How a Photograph Celebrates Teamwork at the Top of the World

by Emma Carlson Berne

Overview

The summit of Mount Everest the highest place on Earth. Could it be conquered? Could a climber literally stand on top of the world? No one had ever reached the summit and returned alive. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay wanted to be the first. Not far from the top, before their final hours of climbing, team photographer Alfred Gregory snapped a picture of Hillary and Norgay, with the imposing Himalayas spread out behind them. It was the highest photograph anyone in human history had ever taken. With a click of his camera shutter in May 1953, Gregory opened up a hidden world for the rest of humanity to share.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756547349
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Series:	Captured World History Series
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	1,091,609
Product dimensions:	9.25(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	1110L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Emma Carlson Berne has written more than a dozen books for children and young adults, including teen romance novels, biographies, and history books. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, Aaron, her son, Henry, and her dog, Holly.

Table of Contents

Opening a hidden world — A crack at Everest — The assault — Triumph!

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