Submitted By: Frances Fierst on Apr 22, 2012
Scheduled on May 31, 2012
"Freedom Climbers" by Bernadette McDonald
Freedom Climbers is Bernadette McDonald’s most recent book. It weaves a passionate and literary tale of adventure, politics, suffering, death and ultimately, inspiration. This is the story of a group of extraordinary Polish adventurers who emerged from under the blanket of oppression following World War II to become the world’s leading Himalayan climbers. Although they lived in a dreary, war-ravaged landscape, with seemingly no hope of creating a meaningful life, these curious, motivated and skilled mountaineers created their own free-market economy under the very noses of their Communist bosses, and climbed their way to liberation. Freedom Climbers won the Grand Prize at the Banff Mountain Book Festival in 2011 and won the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature 10 days later, the two most prestigious English-language mountain writing awards. No single book has ever won both of these prizes in one year. In March, she was awarded the American Alpine Club Literary Award for her contributions to mountain writing. Foreign editions of Freedom Climbers have been published or are in the works in Poland, the U.K., Italy, Switzerland, Spain and France. Thu, May 31, 8:00pm – 9:30pm. PRICE: $5
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