HARD YEARS (JOE BROWN) (WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON) (PB)

Joe Brown was born in a Manchester slum, the youngest of seven children; his father died before he was a year old. But Joe proved to be extraordinarily self-reliant. Through his unexpected love of the countryside, Joe went on to become one of the greatest names in British climbing. This book details the hard years of his childhood along with some of his toughest mountain climbs in the world.