Death in Glacier National Park : stories of accidents and foolhardiness in the crown of the continent / / Randi Minetor

• Autore: Minetor Randi
• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016; [Place of distribution not identified] : , : National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 978.6/52
• Soggetto topico: Accidents - Montana - Glacier National Park; Violent deaths - Montana - Glacier National Park; Bear attacks - Montana - Glacier National Park
• Soggetto geografico: Glacier National Park (Mont.) History Anecdotes
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Death in Glacier National Park
• ISBN: 1-4930-2547-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824484103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II