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Vis major : railroad men, an act of God-- white death at Wellington Cover Image Book Book

Vis major : railroad men, an act of God-- white death at Wellington / by Martin Burwash.

Burwash, Martin. (Author).

Summary:

"At 1:43 a.m., March 1, 1910, a wall of snow descended on two Great Northern Railway trains stalled in the town of Wellington, Washington. Ninety-six people died in a single moment. To this day, the Wellington Slide remains North America's worst avalanche disaster. Although other accounts of this monumental event exist, none are told entirely from the perspective of the railroad men who battled the week-long blizzard leading up to the tragedy. Vis Major gives voice to those men"--P. [4] of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781440161797
  • ISBN: 9781440161773 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1440161771 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: ix, 468 p. : maps. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New york : iUniverse, Inc., c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"An historical novel"--title page.

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Subject: Great Northern Railroad Company (U.S.) > Washington (State) > Fiction.
Avalanches > Fiction.
Avalanches > Washington (State > Wellington > Fiction.
Disasters > Northwest, Pacific > Fiction.
Railroad accidents > Investigation > Fiction.
Wellington, Washington (State) > Fiction.
Genre: Railroad stories.
Historical fiction.

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