Question

add an in - text citation using mla format.
in his memoir, sir edmund hillary writes that he didn’t even see a mountain before he was sixteen. readers may be surprised by this fact because hillary is a well - known mountaineer.
source: high adventure by sir edmund hillary, page 1. published by oxford, london 2003:
i was sixteen before i ever saw a mountain. my father’s rapidly expanding bee business had occupied all my holidays, and i’d learned to do a full - size job before i entered my teens.

Explanation:

In MLA in-text citation format, when quoting or paraphrasing a single-author source, place the author's last name and the page number in parentheses after the referenced information. Since the page number for the quoted content is 1, we add this citation at the end of the sentence containing the borrowed fact.

Answer:

In his memoir, Sir Edmund Hillary writes that he didn't even see a mountain before he was sixteen (Hillary 1). Readers may be surprised by this fact because Hillary is a well-known mountaineer.