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Lost in the Yellowstone : "Thirty-seven days of peril" and a handwritten account of being lost

Title
Lost in the Yellowstone : "Thirty-seven days of peril" and a handwritten account of being lost / Truman Everts ; edited by Lee H. Whittlesey; foreword by Tom Tankersley.
Author
Everts, Truman, 1816-1901
Publication
  • Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
Whittlesey, Lee H., 1950-
Description
xxiii, 95 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  • "In 1870, Truman Everts visited what would two years later become Yellowstone National Park, traveling with an exploration party intent on mapping and investigating that mysterious region. Scattered reports of a mostly unexplored wilderness filled with natural wonders had caught the public's attention and the fifty-four-year-old Everts, near-sighted and an inexperienced woodsman, had determined to join the expedition. He was soon separated from the rest of the party and from his horse, setting him on a grueling quest for survival. For over a month he wandered Yellowstone alone and injured, with little food, clothing, or other equipment. 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. She brought two documents that her father had kept hidden and both were handwritten by Everts. One was a brief autobiography that gave new insight into his early life. The other was a never-published alternative account of his confused 1870 journey through Yellowstone. Both have been added to this volume, further enhancing Everts's unlikely tale of survival"--
  • "The incredible true adventure of the only person known to have survived so long while lost in Yellowstone wilderness. When Truman Evert visited the Yellowstone area in 1870, the Yellowstone belonged to myth. Scattered reports of a mostly unexplored wilderness filled with natural wonders caught the public's--and Evert's--attention. Although fifty-four, nearsighted, and an inexperienced woodsman, he joined the expedition determined to map and investigate the mysterious Yellowstone. Separated from his party, and then abandoned by his horse, Evert embarked on one of the most grueling survival adventures recorded on the American frontier. For thirty-seven days he wandered Yellowstone alone, injured, and without food save that which he could scrape from an unfriendly land. Truman Evert's story manifests the qualities we associate with the great explorers: endurance, determination, inventiveness, and courage in the face of unendurable hardship. Lost in the Yellowstone is an inspiration, and a testament to one man's will to survive"--
Uniform Title
Thirty-seven days of peril
Alternative Title
Thirty-seven days of peril
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
Contents
Thirty-seven Days of Peril -- Afterword -- The Handwritten Records of Truman C. Everts -- Introduction to the Documents.
Call Number
IWOB 15-4345
ISBN
  • 9781607814290 (paperback : alkaline paper)
  • 1607814293 (paperback : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2015005901
OCLC
YBP 2015005901
Author
Everts, Truman, 1816-1901, author.
Title
Lost in the Yellowstone : "Thirty-seven days of peril" and a handwritten account of being lost / Truman Everts ; edited by Lee H. Whittlesey; foreword by Tom Tankersley.
Publisher
Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Edition
New edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Chronological Term
1800 - 1899
Added Author
Whittlesey, Lee H., 1950-
Research Call Number
IWOB 15-4345
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