Death in Yellowstone
Books | Nature / Regional
3.6
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Lee H. Whittlesey
The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the often gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our national parks, this updated edition of the 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 these accounts, written with sensitivity as cautionary tales about what to do and what not to do in one of our wildest national parks, Whittlesey recounts deaths ranging from tragedy to folly—from being caught in a freak avalanche to the goring of a photographer who just got a little too close to a bison. Armchair travelers and park visitors alike will be fascinated by this important book detailing the dangers awaiting in our first national park.
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Author
Lee H. Whittlesey
Pages
440
Publisher
Roberts Rinehart
Published Date
2014-01-07
ISBN
1570984514 9781570984518
Ratings
Google: 5
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"After awhile this book becomes very depressing, as it's 200 pages of death, death, death. There's some interesting lessons to be learned here and some good commentary from the author who's obviously trying to make an important point. That being said, I'm not sure we needed all the details on all these deaths to make that point. I think I would have enjoyed more commentary and less recitation of facts."
John Detrick