Encounters in Avalanche Country : A History of Survival in the Mountain West, 1820-1920.

By:

Di Stefano, Diana L

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography SeriesPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (204 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780295804828

Subject(s):

Avalanches - West (U.S.) - History

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Encounters in Avalanche CountryDDC classification:

978.02

LOC classification:

F596.D5 2013eb

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Avalanche Country Study Areas -- Introduction: Arrival in Avalanche Country -- 1. Survival Strategies: 1820 - 1860 -- 2. Mountain Miners, Skiing Mailmen, and Itinerant Preachers: 1850 - 1895 -- 3. Industrial Mining and Risk -- 4. Railway Workers and Mountain Towns: 1870 - 1910 -- 5. Who's to Blame? -- 6. Disaster in the Cascades -- 7. Topping v. Great Northern Railway Company -- 8. Departure from Avalanche Country -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations following page 52.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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