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

by Diana Di Stefano

Book Overview

Every winter settlers of the U.S. and Canadian Mountain West could expect to lose dozens of lives to deadly avalanches. This constant threat to trappers, miners, railway workers-and their families-forced individuals and communities to develop knowledge, share strategies, and band together as they tried to survive the extreme conditions of "avalanche country." The result of this convergence, author Diana Di Stefano argues, was a complex network...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295995408
• ISBN13: 9780295995403
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher