Lost in the Yellowstone: "Thirty-Seven Days of Peril" and a Handwritten Account of Being Lost
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607814293 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 118 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
For over a month he wandered Yellowstone alone and injured, with little food, clothing, or other equipment. One was a brief autobiography that gave new insight into his early life. Both have been added to this volume, further enhancing Everts’s unlikely tale of survival. . In “Thirty-seven Days of Peril” he recounted his experiences for the readers of Scribner’s Monthly.In June 1996, Everts’s granddaughter arrived at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park to meet with park archivist Lee Whittlesey. Scattered reports of a mostly unexplored wilderness filled with natural wonders had caught the public
He survived mostly by shear dumb luck. I was expecting more detail. He survived mostly by shear dumb luck.
A nice addition to the growing Yellowstone library.” —Richard A. Bartlett, Journal of the West . “One of the most remarkable stories in early Yellowstone history