The Resource Death in Yellowstone : accidents and foolhardiness in the first national park, Lee H. Whittlesey
Death in Yellowstone : accidents and foolhardiness in the first national park, Lee H. Whittlesey
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- Summary
- "The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the sometimes gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of a classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011 as well as a fatal hot springs accident in 2000 in which the Park Service was sued for negligence"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 412 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction -- Part one: Death by nature (1. Hold fast to your children: death in hot water ; 2. "These animals are not real": the myth that can kill you ; 3. Human deaths from bears and how to keep them from happening ; 4. "Don't eat wild parsnips": death from poisonous plants ; 5. Noxious fumes and a death from poisonous gas ; 6. Freak fatalities: deaths from lightning ; 7. Lying in the snow: deaths from avalanches and freezing ; 8. A Yellowstone mystery: death by cave-in ; 9. Missiles fromabove: deaths from faling rocks ; 10. "I think that I shall never see..." Yellowstone's deaths from faling trees ; 11. Fatal attraction; deaths from falls ; 12. Deaths from forest fires: smoke chasing can kill ; 13. The gloom of earthquakes: shaky breaky park ; 14. Danger in the water: deaths from drowning)
- Part two: Death by man (15. Clash of cultures: death from Indian battles ; 16. A knockout at Bacon Rind: deaths from fights ; 17. A death from diving ; 18. Wild horses: death from horse, wagon, and stagecoach incidents ; 19. Deaths from accidental and self-defense shootings ; 20. Malice in wonderland: Yellowstone murders ; 21. Powerlss in Eden: deaths from suicide ; 22. Missing and presumed dead ; 23. Death from gas store explosions and structural fires ; 24. Death from carbon monoxide poisoning ; 25. Travel in wonderland: death on the road and in the air) -- Conclusion: Pay attention and don't sanitize the woods -- Chronology -- Appendix A: Mammoth civilan cemetery -- Appendix B: Fort Yellowstone Army Cemetery -- Appendix C: Gardiner Cemetery on Tinker's Hill -- Appendix D: Other gravesites in Yellowstone Park
- Isbn
- 9781570984501
- Label
- Death in Yellowstone : accidents and foolhardiness in the first national park
- Title
- Death in Yellowstone
- Title remainder
- accidents and foolhardiness in the first national park
- Statement of responsibility
- Lee H. Whittlesey
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the sometimes gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of a classic includes calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011 as well as a fatal hot springs accident in 2000 in which the Park Service was sued for negligence"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whittlesey, Lee H.
- Dewey number
- 978.7/52
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F722
- LC item number
- .W588 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Violent deaths
- Accidents
- Yellowstone National Park
- Accidents
- Label
- Death in Yellowstone : accidents and foolhardiness in the first national park, Lee H. Whittlesey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-382) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction -- Part one: Death by nature (1. Hold fast to your children: death in hot water ; 2. "These animals are not real": the myth that can kill you ; 3. Human deaths from bears and how to keep them from happening ; 4. "Don't eat wild parsnips": death from poisonous plants ; 5. Noxious fumes and a death from poisonous gas ; 6. Freak fatalities: deaths from lightning ; 7. Lying in the snow: deaths from avalanches and freezing ; 8. A Yellowstone mystery: death by cave-in ; 9. Missiles fromabove: deaths from faling rocks ; 10. "I think that I shall never see..." Yellowstone's deaths from faling trees ; 11. Fatal attraction; deaths from falls ; 12. Deaths from forest fires: smoke chasing can kill ; 13. The gloom of earthquakes: shaky breaky park ; 14. Danger in the water: deaths from drowning)
- Part two: Death by man (15. Clash of cultures: death from Indian battles ; 16. A knockout at Bacon Rind: deaths from fights ; 17. A death from diving ; 18. Wild horses: death from horse, wagon, and stagecoach incidents ; 19. Deaths from accidental and self-defense shootings ; 20. Malice in wonderland: Yellowstone murders ; 21. Powerlss in Eden: deaths from suicide ; 22. Missing and presumed dead ; 23. Death from gas store explosions and structural fires ; 24. Death from carbon monoxide poisoning ; 25. Travel in wonderland: death on the road and in the air) -- Conclusion: Pay attention and don't sanitize the woods -- Chronology -- Appendix A: Mammoth civilan cemetery -- Appendix B: Fort Yellowstone Army Cemetery -- Appendix C: Gardiner Cemetery on Tinker's Hill -- Appendix D: Other gravesites in Yellowstone Park
- Control code
- ocn854512707
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 412 pages
- Isbn
- 9781570984501
- Lccn
- 2013030035
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854512707
- Label
- Death in Yellowstone : accidents and foolhardiness in the first national park, Lee H. Whittlesey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-382) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Introduction -- Part one: Death by nature (1. Hold fast to your children: death in hot water ; 2. "These animals are not real": the myth that can kill you ; 3. Human deaths from bears and how to keep them from happening ; 4. "Don't eat wild parsnips": death from poisonous plants ; 5. Noxious fumes and a death from poisonous gas ; 6. Freak fatalities: deaths from lightning ; 7. Lying in the snow: deaths from avalanches and freezing ; 8. A Yellowstone mystery: death by cave-in ; 9. Missiles fromabove: deaths from faling rocks ; 10. "I think that I shall never see..." Yellowstone's deaths from faling trees ; 11. Fatal attraction; deaths from falls ; 12. Deaths from forest fires: smoke chasing can kill ; 13. The gloom of earthquakes: shaky breaky park ; 14. Danger in the water: deaths from drowning)
- Part two: Death by man (15. Clash of cultures: death from Indian battles ; 16. A knockout at Bacon Rind: deaths from fights ; 17. A death from diving ; 18. Wild horses: death from horse, wagon, and stagecoach incidents ; 19. Deaths from accidental and self-defense shootings ; 20. Malice in wonderland: Yellowstone murders ; 21. Powerlss in Eden: deaths from suicide ; 22. Missing and presumed dead ; 23. Death from gas store explosions and structural fires ; 24. Death from carbon monoxide poisoning ; 25. Travel in wonderland: death on the road and in the air) -- Conclusion: Pay attention and don't sanitize the woods -- Chronology -- Appendix A: Mammoth civilan cemetery -- Appendix B: Fort Yellowstone Army Cemetery -- Appendix C: Gardiner Cemetery on Tinker's Hill -- Appendix D: Other gravesites in Yellowstone Park
- Control code
- ocn854512707
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 412 pages
- Isbn
- 9781570984501
- Lccn
- 2013030035
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854512707
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