Collection

Personal Book Collection

Title

The Ascent of Everest

Name Access

Hunt, John

Dyment, Jack

Dyment, John

Artist or Maker

John Hunt

Manufacturer

Hodder & Stoughton

Subject Access

1950s

Books

Non-Fiction

Old Boy

Personal book collections

Autobiography

Category

Book

Sub-Category

Novel

Place Of Manufacture

London

Start Date

1953

Description

300 p. of textual records : text with some illustrations and photographs (col. and b&w); 23 x 16 cm

Public Description

A semi-autobiographical novel by John Hunt titled "The Ascent of Everest". This novel was once owned and gifted to the library by Old Boy Jack (John) Dyment '24. Jack Dyment attended SAC between 1920 to 1924. He later graduated from the University of Toronto as an Engineer, and worked as Chief Engineer for Air Canada for 36 years. He was later elected to the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame and appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1998 he donated his extensive library to Towers Library.

Material

Paper

Inscriptions

John Dyment Christmas 1953

Attended illustrated lecture by Lowe, Evans and Hillary in McGill Gym on Feb 25, 1954. 2900 in attendance

Jo, David, Paul & Jack

Culture

Published Works

Width

16

Length

23

Units Of Measurement

centimeters

Number Of Parts

1

Accession No.

2022-1295

Type

Artifact

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