The Alps

The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 750 mi (1,210 km) across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia.

Beneath a Scarlet Sky
The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond
One by One
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
The Escape
The Alps From End To End
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
The Wall
Starlight and Storm: The Conquest of the Great North Faces of the Alps (Modern Library Exploration)
Ein ganzes Leben
The Magic Mountain
Christmas in the Snow
Le otto montagne
The Sojourn
L'Affaire
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBanner in the Sky by James Ramsey UllmanLucky To Say Goodbye by William MowatThe Mountain of Adventure by Enid BlytonMystery of the Fleeing Girl by Showell Styles
Mountaineering in Juvenile Fiction
67 books — 7 voters
Heidi by Johanna SpyriA Castle in the Clouds by Kerstin GierBanner in the Sky by James Ramsey UllmanBarry by Lynn HallDogs in the Dead of Night by Mary Pope Osborne
Switzerland in Juvenile Fiction
179 books — 10 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA castle in Bavaria by Thibaut OrléansThe Hangman's Daughter by Oliver PötzschThis Is Munich by Miroslav SasekThe Taster by V.S. Alexander
Germany by State: Bavaria / Bayern
86 books — 4 voters
The Mountains of My Life by Walter BonattiThe White Spider by Heinrich HarrerEdge of the Map by Johanna GartonKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayAnnapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
Mountaineering
33 books — 29 voters

The Apple and the Arrow by Mary BuffThe Magic Meadow by Ingri d'AulaireWilliam Tell by Nina BawdenWilliam Tell by Katharine SchermanWilliam Tell by Paul D. Storrie
Wilhelm Tell - William Tell
23 books — 1 voter
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerGo Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Mountains
743 books — 115 voters


Thomas Bernhard
After my parents were dead, I found in a box and in two chests of drawers nothing but hundreds of bright red Alpine caps, I said, nothing but bright red Alpine stockings. Every one of them knitted by my mother. My parents could have gone into the High Alps with these bright red caps and bright red stockings for thousands of years. I burnt every one of those bright red caps and bright red stockings, I said. I put on one of my mother's hundreds of bright red Alpine caps and in this costume burnt a ...more
Thomas Bernhard, Goethe schtirbt: Erzählungen

Hank Bracker
In time I told Clarissa the difficulties we had had escaping from the war zone. She warmed up to me as we worked together and I felt that I could trust her. Once when the farmer was away we undertook to till a field with a southern exposure. I wore the harness and pulled the plow like a horse as she steered it. Together we plowed an entire field alone, preparing it for the springtime planting. Their farm was alongside the main road going up the mountain directly behind the Village of Überlingen. ...more
Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One...."

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