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Death on Katahdin : and other misadventures in Maine's Baxter State Park
- Title
- Death on Katahdin : and other misadventures in Maine's Baxter State Park / Randi Minetor.
- Author
- Minetor, Randi
- Publication
- Camden, Maine : Down East Books, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xv, 197 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "This fascinating addition to the North Woods canon looks at the variety of ways people have met their death on Maine's highest and most remote mountain. It's all here, from falls, exposure, and cardiac arrest to hunting accidents, lightning strikes, and even a suspicious death or two"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : defying Pamola -- The ten longest days : the search for the Mott brothers -- Looking for Roy Bradeen -- Split seconds : lightning strikes -- The shortcut, the hurricane, and the search -- Storm over Fort Mountain : the crash of a C-54 -- The murderous phantom of the Allagash -- The 4,700-foot February bivouac -- The elderly man and his friend -- A sliding wall of snow -- Over the knife edge -- Obsessions of a peak bagger -- Under water and rocks : bad luck and hubris in the wilderness -- Epilogue : how to stay alive in Baxter State Park.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-932
- ISBN
- 9781608934171
- 1608934179
- LCCN
- 2018018476
- OCLC
- 1047531086
- Author
- Minetor, Randi, author.
- Title
- Death on Katahdin : and other misadventures in Maine's Baxter State Park / Randi Minetor.
- Publisher
- Camden, Maine : Down East Books, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Minetor, Randi. Death on Katahdin. Camden, Maine : Down East Books, [2018] 9781608934188 (DLC) 2018036291
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-932