Ebenezer Teichelmann: Cutting Across Continents

by Bob McKerrow, Edmund Hillary (Foreword by)

Composed of pioneering contributions to mountaineering, photography, health care, and the environment, the extraordinary life of Ebenezer Teichelmann—the early-20th-century New Zealander affectionately know as "the little doctor"—is explored in this biography. From his childhood to his studies in Australia and Europe and his rustic, conservationist adult life, a complete picture of this surgeon-general turned outdoorsman emerges. Surgeon, public health promoter, explorer, photographer, philanthropist, gardener, humanitarian, and soldier—all are essential facets of this fascinating and passionate man.

274 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2006