White Cascade : The Great Northern Railway Disaster and Americas Deadliest Avalanche

English

ISBN: 0805083294

EAN: 9780805083293

Category: History / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)/Transportation / Railroads / History/Nature / Natural Disasters/

Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry

Release Date: 01/23/2008

Synopsis: Krist does wonders . . . [He] describes the frantic rescue efforts . . . and the malevolent, unending storm. In a thrilling, climactic chapter, he conjures forth the avalanche. --The New York Times In February 1910, a monstrous, record-breaking blizzard hit the Northwest. Nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains, where a desperate situation evolved: two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found themselves marooned. For days, an army of the Great Northern Railroads most dedicated men worked to rescue the trains, but just when escape seemed possible, the unthinkable occurred--a colossal avalanche tumbled down, sweeping the trains over the steep slope and down the mountainside. Centered on the astonishing spectacle of our nations deadliest avalanche, The White Cascadeis the masterfully told story of a never-before-documented tragedy.

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White Cascade : The Great Northern Railway Disaster and Americas Deadliest Avalanche

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.04 inches

Width: 5.29 inches

Length: 8.02 inches

Weight: 10.02 oz

Pages: 352