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Main Title Off the wall : death in Yosemite : gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in America's first protected land of scenic wonders /
Author Ghiglieri, Michael P.,
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Farabee, Charles R.
Publisher Puma Press,
Year Published 2007
OCLC Number 140605935
ISBN 9780970097378; 0970097379; 0970097360; 9780970097361
Subjects Yosemite National Park (Calif)--History--Anecdotes ; Violent deaths--California--Yosemite National Park--History--Anecdotes ; Accidents--California--Yosemite National Park--History--Anecdotes ; Yosemite National Park (Calif)--Biography--Anecdotes
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ELBM  F868.Y6G47 2007 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 02/27/2025
Edition 1st ed.
Collation xvi, 608 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Contents Notes
Introduction : why a book on death? -- Waterfalls -- Snow -- Base jumping -- Park builders -- Aircraft down -- Falls while hiking & scrambling -- Freak accidents & errors -- Wheels -- Big walls & small ones too -- Drowning -- Fauna & flora -- Lost -- Suicide -- Homicide -- What can we learn from all this? -- The rest of the story. "Two veterans of Sierra Nevada wilderness chronicle the first comprehensive history of fatal misadventures in Yosemite National Park from the time of the 1849 'discovery' of Yosemite Valley up to visitors falling off its giant waterfalls in the 21st century. The accounts of the nearly 900 people who have met untimely deaths in Yosemite offer the most astounding array of adventures, misadventures, history, and life-saving lessons between two covers"--Page 4 of cover.