'James Ramsey Ullman' (
1907–
1971) was an
American writer and
mountaineer. He was born in New York.
He wrote 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''.
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 the titles became major motion pictures.
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