An Ice Axe, a Camera, and a Jar of Peanut Butter: A Photographer's Autobiography - Softcover

Spring, Ira

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9780898865202: An Ice Axe, a Camera, and a Jar of Peanut Butter: A Photographer's Autobiography

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ISBN 10: 0898865204 ISBN 13: 9780898865202

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 1998

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The superbly illustrated autobiography of a Pacific Northwest hiking, climbing, and skiing icon.

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About the Author:

Bob and Ira Spring have been climbing and photographing mountains in the Northwest since 1930, when Eastman Kodak celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by offering every twelve-year-old in the United States a Box Brownie camera. The twin brothers went into business together in 1946, and since then their photographs have appeared in hundreds of magazines and more than 50 books. Ira Spring passed away in June 2003.
John Harlin III is the editior of the American Alpine Journal and a contributing editor of Backpacker magazine

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Spring is a man who has spent nearly seven decades doing exactly what he wanted to do: spending as much time as possible outdoors, taking pictures, researching and illustrating more than 35 hiking guides, and earning a reputation as one of the leading scenic photographers in the world. As a boy growing up in Washington State, Spring was introduced to the outdoors by his parents, and it was love at first sight. He describes his worldwide adventures in a chatty, casual style that will appeal to teens as well as adults, and the photographs that accompany the text attest to his skills. Even though he has roamed the globe in search of pictures, he freely admits that his first love is his home state. Spring's memoir will thrill anyone with a sense of wanderlust?here is an author who is as adept with words as he is with a camera. Recommended for all public libraries.?Joseph L. Carlson, Vandenberg Air Force Base Lib., Lompoc,
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