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

Informationen zum Autor Diana L. Di Stefano Klappentext Diana L. Di Stefano is assistant professor of history at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Map of Avalanche Country Study Areas Introduction: Arrival in Avalanche Country 1. Survival Strategies: 1820- 1860 2. Mountain Miners, Skiing Mailmen, and Itinerant Preachers: 1850-1895 3. Industrial Mining and Risk 4. Railway Workers and Mountain Towns: 1870-1910 5. Who's to Blame? 6. Disaster in the Cascades 7. Topping v. Great Northern Railway Company 8. Departure from Avalanche Country Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Diana L Di Stefano, Diana L. Di Stefano
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9780295995403
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99540-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Se; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book We; Encounters in Avalanche Country
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous