Out of the Night: A Story of Tragedy and Hope from a Survivor of the 1959 Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake

by Irene Bennett Dunn

On the night of August 17, 1959, Irene Bennett Dunn was camped with her husband and four children on the banks of the Madison River near Yellowstone Park when an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hit. The quake unsettled the mountainside above their camp with devastating results. A massive landslide swept over the campground, damming the Madison River and creating a new lake. Irene survived along with her 16-year-old son, Phil, but the rest of her family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879628163
• ISBN13: 9781879628168
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Keokee Company Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"