Peter Gillman

Peter Gillman (b 1942) is a British writer and journalist specialising—but not exclusively—in mountaineering topics. His book, Direttissima; the Eiger Assault, also published under the title, Eiger Direct, co-authored with Dougal Haston, published in 1967, told the story of the ascent of the Eiger North Face in which John Harlin II lost his life.^[1]

Works

Books^[2]

• Everest: Eighty Years of Triumph and Tragedy by Leni Gillman; Peter Gillman; Boston ; London : Little, Brown, 2001.
• The Wildest Dream: The Biography of George Mallory by Peter Gillman & Leni Gillman. Seattle, WA : The Mountaineers, 2000. Winner National Outdoor Book Award
• Everest: The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour by Peter Gillman; Audrey Salkeld. Boston : Little, Brown, 1993.
• Fitness on Foot: Climbing and Walking for Pleasure by Peter Gillman. Tadworth : World's Work : The Sunday Times, 1978.
• Alias David Bowie: A Biography by Peter Gillman; Leni Gillman. New York : H. Holt, 1987
• "Collar the lot!": How Britain Interned and Expelled Its Wartime Refugees by Peter Gillman; Leni Gillman. London ; New York : Quartet Books, 1980.
• The Duty Men: The Inside Story of the Customs by Peter Gillman; Paul Hamann. London : BBC Books, 1987.

Selected articles

• In balance : twenty years of mountaineering journalism by Peter Gillman. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1989.

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