Historia de una montaña

After losing the two great loves of his life, witnessing the collapse of the Paris Commune, and fleeing execution, Élisée Reclus hit rock bottom and found physical and spiritual refuge in the mountains. In this cult classic, the great geographer and anarchist activist transforms his experience into a powerful reflection on what mountains have been, are, and will be for humanity. Combining scientific knowledge, humanist erudition, and his personal experience as a mountaineer, he speaks of the geological origins of mountains, their threatened ecosystems, their legends and gods, the peoples who inhabit them, their flora and fauna, as well as the author's own ascents through glaciers, storms, and gorges.