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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101467119962
ISBN-139781467119962
eBay Product ID (ePID)10038735253
Product Key Features
Book Title1959 Yellowstone Earthquake
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicNatural Disasters, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Disasters & Disaster Relief, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Travel, Social Science, History
AuthorLarry E. Morris
Book SeriesDisaster Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-933547
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisAt 11:37 p.m. on August 17, 1959, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocked Montana's Yellowstone country. In an instant, an entire mountainside fractured and thundered down onto the sites of unsuspecting campers. The mammoth avalanche generated hurricane-force winds ahead of it that ripped clothing from backs and heaved tidal waves in both directions of the Madison River Canyon. More than two hundred vacationers trapped in the canyon feared the dam upstream would burst. As debris and flooding overwhelmed the river, injured victims frantically searched the darkness for friends and family. Acclaimed historian Larry Morris tells the gripping minute-by-minute saga of the survivors who endured the interminable night, the first responders who risked their lives and the families who waited days and weeks for word of their missing loved ones. Book jacket.