The white cascade : the Great Northern Railway disaster and America's deadliest avalanche
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2007.
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Book
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1st ed.
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0805077057, 9780805077056
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xii, 315 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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Published
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2007.
Edition
1st ed.
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English
ISBN
0805077057, 9780805077056
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9780805077056

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-297) and index.
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In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. Near the tiny town of Wellington, high in the Cascade Mountains, two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found their railcars gradually being buried in the rising drifts. For days, an army of the Great Northern Railroad's most dedicated men worked round-the-clock to rescue the trains. But the storm was unrelenting, and to the passenger's great anxiety, the railcars--their only shelter--were parked precariously on the edge of a steep ravine. Food and coal supplies dwindled. Panic and rage set in as snow accumulated on the cliffs overhanging the trains. Finally, just when escape seemed possible, the earth shifted and a colossal avalanche tumbled from the high pinnacles, sweeping the trains and their sleeping passengers over the steep slope and down the mountainside.--From publisher description.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Krist, G. (2007). The white cascade: the Great Northern Railway disaster and America's deadliest avalanche . Henry Holt and Company.

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Krist, Gary. 2007. The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche. Henry Holt and Company.

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Krist, Gary. The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche Henry Holt and Company, 2007.

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Krist, Gary. The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche Henry Holt and Company, 2007.

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