VIS Major: Railroad Men, an 'Act of God'-White Death at Wellington

At 1:43 a.m., March 1, 1910, a wall of snow descended on two Great Northern Railway trains...
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Author: Burwash Martin Burwash
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Language: English
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VIS Major: Railroad Men, an 'Act of God'-White Death at Wellington by Martin Burwash, Burwash

VIS Major: Railroad Men, an 'Act of God'-White Death at Wellington

¥9,501

VIS Major: Railroad Men, an 'Act of God'-White Death at Wellington

¥9,501
Author: Burwash Martin Burwash
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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.

With vivid imagery and evocative prose, historian Martin Burwash brings railroaders from Cascade Division Superintendent James O'Neill to brakeman Anthony John Dougherty to brilliant life. Relive the crucial moments where men worked feverishly to clear the snow-clogged line over Washington's Stevens Pass and intimately feel the fatigue, frustration, and misery of working hours upon hours in the harsh winter weather or aboard steaming rotary snow plows.

Expertly blending historical fact with railroad knowledge, Burwash delivers an amazing fictional account of this incredible, but often overlooked true event and simultaneously reveals the courage and fortitude of the human spirit.

Author: Burwash Martin Burwash
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 08/27/2009
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.88lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9781440161797

About the Author
Vis Major is the culmination of more than 40 years of research by Martin Burwash. He lives with his wife, Janice, in Burlington, Washington, and they have two grown sons, Seth and Grant. Burwash's other books include Cascade Division and The Great Adventure.


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