Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist there and in wild areas in general.
Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist there and in wild areas in general.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781570980213 (1570980217)
ASIN: 1570980217
Publish date: June 1st 1995
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Don't die at Yellowstone because 1. it will probably be painful and 2. Lee Whittlesey will include you in the next edition of this book and blame you for your death. As written by a former park employee, the book spends a lot of time railing against those who would try to de-wildernize the wildernes...
I got this book from my local library, but I understand that it's also sold at Yellowstone itself. This is probably a public service. But the sad truth is that the people who really need to see it, who think that the boardwalks around hot geysers are just suggestions, that the bears must be tame and...
Not for the faint of heart! But a must-read for anyone interested in the history of this amazing national treasure.
While at times the list nature of the names of the dead were tedious overall the book was an interesting tale of the foolishness of man in the great outdoors. It seems if there is a way for man to die he has accomplished it in Yellowstone.
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