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Krist, Gary.

The white cascade : the Great Northern Railway disaster and America’s deadliest avalanche / Gary Krist.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-7705-6

ISBN-10: 0-8050-7705-7

1. Avalanches. I. Title.

QC929.A8K75 2007

979.777041—dc22                                2006049047

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