Maverick mountaineer : George Ingle Finch, the wild colonial boy who took on the British Alpine establishment / Robert Wainwright.
Publication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : ABC Books under licence by HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2015.Description: 407 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780733333729
- Finch, George Ingle, 1888-1970
- Finch, George Ingle, 1888-1970
- Finch, George Ingle, 1888-1970
- Mount Everest Expedition (Mount Everest Expedition) (1922)
- Mount Everest Expedition
- Mount Everest Expedition
- Mount Everest Expedition (1922)
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Scientists -- Biography
- Mountaineering
- Mountaineers
- Mountaineers -- Australia -- Biography
- Mountaineering -- Australia
- Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
- Asia -- Mount Everest
- Australia
- Asia -- Mount Everest
- Australia
- Australian
- 796.522092 23
- GV199.92
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 796.522 WAI | Available | 059380 |
"ABC Books" - imprint.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-407)
The first full-length biography of George Ingle Finch - maverick Australian mountaineer, scientist, concert pianist and father of actor Peter Finch. George Ingle Finch, mountaineer, soldier, scientist, rebellious spirit, boy from the bush, was in his day one of the most famous men in the world. In 1922 he stood at the highest point on Everest, a feat not bettered for 30 years. He invented the predecessor to the puffer jacket and pioneered the use of oxygen in climbing. A World War I hero whose skills also helped save London from burning to the ground during the Blitz of World War II, he was a renowned scientist who was personally chosen by Nehru, the first Indian prime minister, to help lead his nation into the modern world. In this first full-length biography, Robert Wainwright surveys the man who is now best known as the father of Academy award-winning actor Peter Finch - but who was so much more.
