Not Without Peril: 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire
These compelling profiles of 22 adventurous—yet unlucky—climbers chronicle more than a century of exploration, recreation, and tragedy in New Hampshire's Presidential Range.
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