Krist does wonders . . . [He] describes the frantic rescue efforts . . . and the malevolent, unending storm. In a thrilling, climactic chapter, he conjures forth the avalanche. The New York Times
In February 1910, a monstrous, record-breaking blizzard hit the Northwest. Nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains, where a desperate situation evolved: two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found themselves marooned. For days, an army of the Great Northern Railroad's most dedicated men worked to rescue the trains, but just when escape seemed possible, the unthinkable occurreda colossal avalanche tumbled down, sweeping the trains over the steep slope and down the mountainside. Centered on the astonishing spectacle of our nation's deadliest avalanche,The White Cascadeis the masterfully told story of a never-before-documented tragedy.
Gary Kristis the prizewinning author of the novels
Bad Chemistry,
Chaos Theory, and
Extravagance, and the short-story collections,
The Garden Stateand
Bone by Bone. His stories, articles, and travel pieces have been featured in noteworthy magazines, including
National Geographic Traveler,
GQ, and
Esquire. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and daughter.
What a wild-eyed, horrific, brilliantly written story Gary Krist tells inThe White Cascade. You almost feel like you're a Great Northern Railway passenger in 1910, coping with the blizzard-from-hell. Jack London would be proud of this riveting nonfiction accomplishment.
Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Tulane University and author ofThe Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The White Cascadebrilliantly recreates one of those terrifying moments when human ingenuity runs up against the fierce power of nature. GlcN
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