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Autore |
Minetor Randi |
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Death in Glacier National Park : stories of accidents and foolhardiness in the crown of the continent / / Randi Minetor |
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Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016 |
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[Place of distribution not identified] : , : National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Accidents - Montana - Glacier National Park |
Violent deaths - Montana - Glacier National Park |
Bear attacks - Montana - Glacier National Park |
Glacier National Park (Mont.) History Anecdotes |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: A GREAT VACATION GONE WRONG; CHAPTER 1 Treacherous Waters: A Long History of Drowning; CHAPTER 2 More Than the Heart Can Bear: The Number-Two Cause of Death; CHAPTER 3 The Lure of High Peaks: Climbing Deaths; CHAPTER 4 Racing to the Sun: Motor Vehicle Accidents; CHAPTER 5 Know Your Limits: Hiking Accidents; CHAPTER 6 Bear Bait: Grizzly Encounters; CHAPTER 7 Rushing Rocks and Snow: Death by Avalanche; CHAPTER 8 Without Warning: Falling Objects; CHAPTER 9 Dropping Out of the Sky: Small Aircraft Deaths; CHAPTER 10 The Last Hopeless Act: Suicides |
CHAPTER 11 Deathly Cold: Dying of ExposureCHAPTER 12 Murder Most Expedient: The Volkswagen Van and the Newlywed Case; CHAPTER 13 Missing: Presumed Dead; CHAPTER 14 Unclassified: Deaths by Unusual Causes; EPILOGUE: STAYING ALIVE IN THE NATIONAL PARKS; APPENDIX: LIST OF DEATHS 1913-2015; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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