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Title: Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park by Lee H. Whittlesey ISBN: 1-57098-021-7 Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Pub Pub. Date: July, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read for any visitor to the first national park!
Comment: Death in Yellowstone is an amazing book that documents most of the deaths that have occured in the park since its beginning. The book is divided into two parts: death by nature and death by man. As an employee of the Old Faithful Inn this past summer, I recommend this book for anyone who has visited the park or is going to do so in the future. The stories are both educating and frightening at the same time but offer valuable lessons about traveling in the park. It is amazing to me how some people could even think of walking around the thermal pools at night, go camping alone, try to tame bears or get too close to the canyon's edge!
Rating: 5
Summary: In three words: Don't be stupid
Comment: I purchased this book out of curiousity after our trip there and was amazed, dumbfounded, and shocked. It is a bit morbid, but also an eye opener. Yellowstone is a very wonderful place, but this book really gives the details on just how dangerous it is as well. It opened my eyes to things I never imagined and of course I uttered the words,"how stupid" a lot.
This book gave me chills and a new found respect for such a beautiful place. I thought I had respect for the park and all that is in it before, until I read this book. Now I see it differently with a lot more respect. As stated above in another review, where the guy jumps in after his friend's dog, into a hot springs, grabs hold of you and makes you shake your head, thinking, "How stupid!". From there you can't help but keep reading to find out what happens next. One part that got me was the chapter about the bears. There is a story about a lady and her dog and a forest ranger. There was a bear not far from where they were and the lady wanted to let her dog run loose for awhile and the park ranger adviced her not to, she of course didn't listen and the little dog went straight for the bear and I am sure you can guess what happened next. I sat there dumbfounded and thought, "Geez lady it's not like the forest ranger has no clue what he is talking about. They are there for a reason and listening would have been a good idea." There are many more storie like that and then some.
This is a well laid out book, with a lot of historical facts and references. Mr. Whittlesey put a lot of work behind it and this sounds strange to say, considering how bone chilling this book is, it is a good thing he took the time to write it. This makes you stop and think about the world around you and about the people in it. In three words: Don't be stupid!
Rating: 5
Summary: this book could save your life
Comment:
I read this book in a few days this summer while in Yellowstone after a friend picked it up in the bookstore (I pilfered it from him and would not give it back until I was finished, despite his pleading.) Reading this book could absolutely save your life in Yellowstone (and other wilderness situations); as other reviewers have mentioned, some of the possible dangers don't truly seem life-threatening if you haven't thought about them as such.
I must admit that before reading this I was hanging a bit over the hot spring boardwalks to take better pictures (I was *never* dumb or careless enough to actually step off or stick my hand in!!), but after reading the absolutely horrific accounts of death by boiling alive I was almost reluctant to even get out of the car at any springs afterwards! I learned from this book that something as seemingly-innocuous as lip balm can attract bears - I therefore spent a few sleepless nights in my tent listening for bears entering camp and waiting for them to rip into me (melodramatic, perhaps, but quite scary when you're in a tent in the middle of the wilderness.)
Anyway, this book was gripping enough to keep me engrossed for days on end while in the park, and certainly gave me a refresher lesson about respecting mother nature.
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Title: Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon by Michael P. Ghiglieri, Thomas M. Myers ISBN: 097009731X Publisher: Puma Press LLC Pub. Date: 25 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Death, Daring and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks by Charles R. Butch Farabee ISBN: 1570982023 Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Pub Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Lost in the Yellowstone: Truman Everts's "Thirty-Seven Days of Peril" by Truman Everts, Lee H. Whittlesey ISBN: 0874804817 Publisher: Univ of Utah Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Geysers of Yellowstone by T. Scott Bryan ISBN: 087081365X Publisher: University Press of Colorado Pub. Date: June, 1995 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: National Park Ranger: An American Icon by Charles R. Farabee, Fran P. Mainella ISBN: 1570983925 Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Pub Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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