Little Avalanches
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Little Avalanches
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Author : Becky Ellis
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2024-03-12
Little Avalanches written by Becky Ellis and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A daughter’s quest for truth. A soldier’s fight for survival. Their shared search for understanding. Little Avalanches is a gorgeously written memoir of breathtaking scope that propels readers from the beaches of California in the early ‘70s to the battlefields of World War II. As a young girl, Becky is forced to hide from phantom Nazis, subjected to dental procedures without pain medication, and torn from her mother again and again. Growing up in the shadow of her father’s PTSD, she wants to know what is wrong but knows not to ask. Her father won’t talk about being a Timberwolf, a unit of specially trained night fighters that went into combat first and experienced a 300 percent casualty rate. He returns home with thirteen medals, including a Silver Star, and becomes a doctor and well-respected member of the community, but is haunted by his past. Seeing only his explosive and often dangerous personality, Becky distances herself from the man she wants to love. Yet on the eve of his ninetieth birthday, when Becky looks at the vulnerable man he’s become, something shifts, and she asks about the war. He breaks seventy years of silence, offering an unfiltered account of war without glory and revealing the extent of the trauma he’s endured. She spends the next several years interviewing, researching, and ultimately understanding the demons she inherited. Because his story is incomplete without hers, and hers is inconceivable without his, Ellis offers both, as well as their year-long aching conversation marked by moments of redeeming grace. With compassionate, unflinching writing, Little Avalanches reminds us that we are profoundly shaped by the secrets we keep and forever changed by the stories we share.
Small Avalanches And Other Stories
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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
language : en
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date : 2003
Small Avalanches And Other Stories written by Joyce Carol Oates and has been published by HarperTeen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Adolescence categories.
A collection of twelve short stories for young people that explore the consequences of the choices we make in our everyday lives.
Throwing Stones In A Glass House A Career Battling Avalanches In Little Cottonwood Canyon
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Author : Liam Fitzgerald
language : en
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Inc.
Release Date : 2022-12-15
Throwing Stones In A Glass House A Career Battling Avalanches In Little Cottonwood Canyon written by Liam Fitzgerald and has been published by BookLocker.com, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the story of Liam FitzGerald, who as a young man in the late-1960's, more or less stumbled into the exciting and often hazardous life of an avalanche worker. His attraction to this line of work led him to Little Cottonwood Canyon, in Utah's Wasatch Mountains, the birthplace of Avalanche Control and Forecasting in North America. There he landed a job as a Ski Patroller at the soon to open super-resort of Snowbird, a new generation ski area that would soon become synonymous with deep snow and steep terrain, just as the ski industry in the U.S. was really about to take off. Following a rough start to the resort's inaugural season, Liam was abruptly elevated to the position of Snow Safety Director, the person responsible for the avalanche program at the fledging ski area, after the first few weeks of operation. He found himself in an environment notorious for large and deadly avalanches that threatened not only the skiers flocking to the resort's snow covered slopes, but also to motorists traveling along the canyon highway, guests staying at the hotels and lodges, and local residents who called the canyon home. As he would quickly come to understand, in Little Cottonwood Canyon, avalanches can often be the most important thing in everyone's life. Ready or not, he was thrown into the fray, and quickly realized he had a lot to learn in a short period of time. For nearly fifty years Liam negotiated a capricious landscape of snow and avalanches, aware of his considerable responsibility, learning as he went; in an era that not only witnessed explosive growth in the ski industry, but also in the number of people willingly putting themselves at risk with their voracious attraction to deep snow and steep terrain. But it was also an era of tremendous advancement in the field of avalanche research, avalanche forecasting and avalanche control, when the level of knowledge and understanding of snow and avalanches increased exponentially. This was an exciting time to be an "avalanche-guy" and Little Cottonwood Canyon was arguably one of the best places in the world to follow that pursuit. This is a story about learning from one's mistakes, about friendship and camaraderie, about exciting times, interspaced with moments of fear, and on occasion- sorrow. But above all, it's a story of a rather regular person who was lucky enough to have a unique job in a very special place.
Small Avalanches And Other Stories
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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2004
Small Avalanches And Other Stories written by Joyce Carol Oates and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A collection of twelve short stories for young people including "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been," "Life After High School," and "How I Contemplated the World."
Rockfalls And Avalanches From Little Tahoma Peak On Mount Rainier Washington
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Author : Dwight Raymond Crandell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Rockfalls And Avalanches From Little Tahoma Peak On Mount Rainier Washington written by Dwight Raymond Crandell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Avalanches categories.
A description of the deposits of seven successive rockfalls and avalanches at Mount Rainier volcano, and of their origin and manner of transport.
Snow Avalanches Along Colorado Mountain Highways
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Author : Hans Frutiger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Snow Avalanches Along Colorado Mountain Highways written by Hans Frutiger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Avalanches categories.
Describes and illustrates characteristics of 80 avalanches along highways through Berthoud, Loveland, Wolf Creek and Red Mountain passes as representative samples of the avalanche problems in the Colorado mountains. Discusses possibilities for structural control.
The Science Of Avalanches
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Author : Louise Spilsbury
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2013-01-01
The Science Of Avalanches written by Louise Spilsbury and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Made of snow, ice, and rocks, avalanches can start in a variety of ways, including by people. Readers will explore the causes and effects of different kinds of avalanches through fact-filled and accessible content. Real-life photographs will engage readers while reinforcing the science concepts behind examples of modern, devastating avalanches. Enhanced by interesting fact boxes and timelines of real avalanches, readers will be guided through safety and disaster relief so they’ll be able to act if caught out in the cold when the snow starts to fall.
A Manual For Planning Structural Control Of Avalanches
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Author : Hans Frutiger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
A Manual For Planning Structural Control Of Avalanches written by Hans Frutiger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Avalanches categories.
A US Forest Service manual for planning structural control of avalanches. Avalanche classification and relation to control structure selected. Structural design formulae. (CFD).
Snow Avalanches
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Snow Avalanches written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Avalanches categories.
Snow Avalanches
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Author : United States. Forest Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Snow Avalanches written by United States. Forest Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Avalanches categories.