Death in Yellowstone : Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park

Death in Yellowstone Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
Author: Lee Whittlesey
Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist there and in wild areas in general. The author, Whittlesey, believes that far too many people enter our national parks with "a false sense of security." He then goes on to chronicle the deaths in Yellowstone National Park of more than 290 people. Most of the deaths, Whittlesey argues, occurred because of human mistakes and "negligence."

In this sense, the book is meant to teach and warn about the many dangers that exist in Yellowstone itself, and wild areas in general. The catalog of deaths includes all manner of dying at the hands of nature (hot springs, bears, bison, avalanches, exposure, and forest fires top the list), as well as deaths strictly caused by human actions (murders, suicides, carbon monoxide poisoning, car and plane accidents, and so forth). All of this is brought together by Lee Whittlesey, the long-time archivist of Yellowstone history.

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Author Lee H. Whittlesey offers remarkable detail in this entertaining and fascinating book. The level of human foolhardiness in the face of the wilderness astounds the imagination. Yellowstone is not a Disney themed park!