"Death in Yellowstone" - Yellowstone National Park, WY - There's a Book About It on Waymarking.com

Probably one of the most fascinating books I've ever read. We bought this book as were wrapping up our visit at Yellowstone. My youngest son was not much of a reader until he picked up this book, he read it all the way back on the car trip home.

The coordinates are in a place where the stupidest death in the park occurred many years ago... I won't spoil it for you, but be advised, DO NOT bring your dog to Yellowstone National Park.


From Booklist

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 250 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). A little morbid, but strangely fascinating.

ISBN Number: 1570980217 Author(s): Lee H. Whittlesey

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