Sfraga, Michael

Bradford Washburn : A Life of Exploration

Preface viii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(10) Tools of the Trade 11(17) The Roots of Discovery 11(3) A Passion for Heights 14(6) The Mountains Take Hold 20(8) Glaciers, Grosvenor, and Grand Explorations 28(67) The Pathfinders 28(6) Mount Fairweather 34(5) Mount Crillon: If at First You Don't Succeed ... 39(24) Washburn and Grosvenor 63(6) The 1935 NGS Yukon Expedition 69(6) John Kennedy's Mountain 75(5) Through Uncharted Ice 80(9) A Path Now Chosen 89(6) The War Years 95(53) Lessons Learned and Forgotten 95(5) The ``Cold War'' on the Home Front 100(10) ``The Mess at Wright'' 110(3) The Smoking Gun 113(6) House of Cards 119(2) ``Unconventional Methods'' 121(3) The Dividends Emerge 124(2) Death and Disappearance on Mount Deception 126(18) New Horizons 144(4) Mount McKinley: Maps, Hollywood, and Cold War Science 148(47) Discovering the Landscape 148(5) The Mountaineers Arrive 153(1) From Harvard to Hollywood 154(9) Operation White Tower 163(10) Mapping the Mountain Landscape 173(19) Mr. McKinley 192(3) From Sledge to Shuttle 195(14) The Washburn Legacy 195(14) Notes 209(32) Literature Cited 241(14) Index 255