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Burleigh, Robert.
TIGER OF THE SNOWS : TENZING NORGAY : THE BOY WHOSE DREAM WAS EVEREST
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006
IL 3-6, RL 6.3
ISBN 0689830424
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 Mount Everest.  The tallest mountain in the world.  We hear about the men who try to climb to the top and the men who actually make it.  Sir Edmund Hillary was the very first man to make it to the top of the mountain.  While these feats are celebrated, we often do not hear about a group of people who are a vital part of every climb.  These are the sherpas.  These men are the ones who carry the loads and lead the way.  They have lived all their lives in the area and know the mountain better than anyone from the outside can.  This is the story of a young boy who dreamt of climbing to the top of Everest.  As a man, he accompanied Hillary on his quest.
SUBJECTS:     Tenzing Norkey, 1914-
                        Mountaineers.
                        Sherpa (Nepalese people) -- Biography.
                        Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
                        India.
                        Nepal.
 
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