Description: JAMES RAMSEY ULLMAN Where The Bong Tree Grows 1ST EDITION HARDCOVER 1963 Memoir ***PLEASE NOTE*** This is a buy-it-now listing (not an auction) and we only have one in stock! Buy it now and get it quick with free shipping (domestic customers)! Condition Notes: Tight binding! Pages ALL crisp/clean/unmarked (w/ only exception of ex-libris pen on 1st page)! Hardcover & dustjacket (neatly protected in plastic cover) BOTH in EXCELLENT condition! Title: Where the Bong Tree Grows: The Log of One Man's Journey in the South Pacific Author: James Ramsey Ullman Format: Hardcover ISBN: N/A Publication Year: 1963 Publisher: The World Publishing Company Edition: First Edition Number of Pages: 318 About the Book/Author: A one year voyage of discovery to the South Seas starting in San Francisco on a cargo ships. Then by plane, flying boat, islands trading schooners, outriggers and yacht between Tahiti and Los Angeles for the return. Places visited: Hawaii, Guam and Micronesia, Fiji, Polynesia (Tonga, Niue, both Samoas, Cook Islands and French Polynesia) James Ramsey Ullman (1907 – 1971) was an American writer and mountaineer. He was born in New York. He was not a high end climber, but his writing made him an honorary member of that circle. The books he wrote were mostly about mountaineering. His works include Banner in the Sky (which was filmed in Switzerland as Third Man on the Mountain), and The White Tower (which would star Glenn Ford and Lloyd Bridges). Also "Americans on Everest" by James Ramsay Ullman, page 195, published by J. B. Lippincott Company 1964, Library of Congress Catalogue Card #64-14475. He was the ghost writer for Tenzing Norgay's autobiography Man of Everest (originally published as Tiger of the Snows). High Conquest was the first of nine books for J.B. Lippincott coming out in 1941 followed by The White Tower, River of The Sun, Windom's Way, and Banner in the Sky which was a 1955 Newbery Honor book. All of these titles became small motion pictures. Ullman also authored John Harlin's biography Straight Up. He also wrote the short story "Top Man", a story about mountaineers climbing K7, a mountain in India. Beyond his mountaineering books, he wrote "Where the Bong Tree Grows," an account of a year he spent traveling through some of the most remote islands of the South Pacific. Ullman also wrote a novel about the poet Arthur Rimbaud, The Day on Fire (1958). He joined the American Mount Everest Expedition 1963 as official historian. Because of health problems he had to stay in Kathmandu. His book Americans on Everest: The Official Account of the Ascent was published in 1964. He died in Boston from cancer on July 5, 1971. Guarantee: We review/examine everything thoroughly and attempt to disclose any imperfections to you in our listings. We always error on the side of caution; we want you to be completely satisfied when you receive an item from our store! If, however, you receive an item from us that is not in the condition you expected from our listing, please let us know. We will be more than happy to arrange for an exchange or refund upon return. Check out our store for more great items!
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Author: James Ramsey Ullman
Book Title: Where the Bong Tree Grows
Language: English
Topic: Travel Writing
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The World Publishing Company
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Travel
Publication Year: 1963
Original Language: English
Features: Dust Jacket
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Memoir
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Inscribed: No
Ex Libris: Yes
Era: 1960s
Number of Pages: 316