The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0805083294 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Excellent account" according to Alice. This book was riveting. Although the disaster occurred in 1910, Grist manages to unfold the true events with a timelessness that makes it feel like it could have happened last week. A faithful account of a harrowing and arguably misdirected battle between men and nature, told in the historical context of the golden age of railroads, this was a fascinating account of the Wellingt. it was great to actually see where it happened It was riveting you could imagine yourself there with these people being stranded on a mountain for 6 days. I live close to where this happened and to have an account so detailed, it was great to actually see where it happened. Loved it now I can explore the area and now more than most people. Love it!. Who to blame for tragedy. My thoughts went back and forth as I read this story. At first it seemed a no brained to back into the tunnel but after reading all the facts I was convinced that Oneill did everything possible and the storms just getting worse. Excellent read.
His stories, articles, and travel pieces have been featured in noteworthy magazines, including National Geographic Traveler, GQ, and Esquire. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and daughter.. Gary Krist is the prizewinning author of the novels Bad Chemistry, Chaos Theory, and Extravagance, and of two short-story collections, The Garden State
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. Centered on the astonishing spectacle of our nation's deadliest avalanche, The White Cascade is the masterfully told story of a never-before-documented tragedy.. For days, an army of the Great Northern Railroad's most dedicated men worked to rescue the trains, but just when escape seemed possible, the unthinkable occurreda colossal avalanche tumbled down, sweeping the trains over the steep slope and down the mountainside. "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 TimesIn February 1910, a monstrous, record-breaking blizzard hit the Northwest
The last body was found in July, 21 weeks after the avalanche. Then an avalanche half a mile wide descended from the pinnacles, forcing the trains and their passengers down the mountainside. The lost passengers included business leaders, women, and children, but nearly two-thirds of the 96 fatalities were trainmen, railway mail clerks, and track laborers. Bodies were scattered all over the area, some buried as deep as 40 feet. The book is an astonishingly rich chronicle of this catastrophe. George CohenCopyright © American Library Association. Crews from the Great Northern Railway worked around the clock to rescue the trains stranded on the edge of a precipice near Wellington, Washington. To his credit, Krist has avoid