Not Without Peril : 150 Years of Misadventure on the Presidential Range of New Hampshire

by Nicholas Howe

• ISBN13: 9781929173068
• ISBN10: 1929173067
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books

Summary

These compelling profiles of 22 adventurous¿yet unlucky¿climbers chronicle more than a century of exploration, recreation, and tragedy in New Hampshire¿s Presidential Range.

Author Biography

Jackson, New Hampshire resident Nicholas Howe grew up in the shadows of the White Mountains. A journalist for over 18 years, he has reported for ABC, NBC, CBS, and ASPS television networks, and ABC, National Public, BBC, and Swiss National radio networks.Additionally, his work has appeared in newspapers and magazines including Backpacker. In 1994 his Yankee Magazine article "Fatal Attraction" was runner-up for a National Magazine Award.

Table of Contents

In the Beginning	1	(13)
Frederick Strickland
Gentlefolk Essay The Heights	14	(11)
Lizzie Bourne
The Man Who Collected Views	25	(20)
Dr. Benjamin Lincoln Ball
Calamity in the Unroofed Temple	45	(8)
Sewall Faunce
A Presidential Brain Trust	53	(22)
William Curtis
Allan Ormsbee
The Grand Scheme	75	(19)
John Keenan
The Mayor of Porky Gulch Takes Office	94	(21)
Max Engelhart
The Wreck of Old No. 1	115	(10)
Daniel Rossiter
Summer People Go North	125	(18)
Jessie Whitehead
Wrong-Headed from the Beginning	143	(14)
Simon Joseph
A Deadly Crossing in Great Gulf	157	(10)
Jerome Pierce
The Choice of Presidents	167	(13)
Joseph Caggiano
Death Comes in Small Parts	180	(6)
Raymond Davis
The Summit as Home	186	(16)
From Homespun to High Tech	202	(18)
Philip Longnecker
Jacques Parysko
A Question of Life or Death	220	(37)
MacDonald Barr
The Deadliest Season	257	(38)
Derek Tinkham
Monroe Couper
Erik Lattey
Cheryl Weingarten
Sarah Nicholson
Acknowledgments	295	(4)
Appendix: Deaths on Mount Washington	299	(8)
About the Author	307