The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond

by Stephen O'Shea

Book Overview

For centuries the Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams of engineers?and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O'Shea takes readers up and down these majestic mountains, battling his own fear of heights to journey through a 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia.

O'Shea, whose...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039324685X
• ISBN13: 9780393246858
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"