Lost in the Yellowstone: Truman Everts's "Thirty-Seven Days of Peril"

Truman Everts

ISBN 10: 0874804817 / ISBN 13: 9780874804812

Published by University of Utah Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lost in the Yellowstone: Truman Everts's "Thirty-Seven Days of Peril"
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874804817
• ISBN 13: 9780874804812
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Western History

The incredible true adventure of the only person known to have survived so long while lost in Yellowstone wilderness.

When Truman Evert visited the Yellowstone area in 1870, the Yellowstone belonged to myth. Scattered reports of a mostly unexplored wilderness filled with natural wonders caught the public’s—and Evert’s—attention. Although fifty-four, nearsighted, and an inexperienced woodsman, he joined the expedition determined to map and investigate the mysterious Yellowstone.

Separated from his party, and then abandoned by his horse, Evert embarked on one of the most grueling survival adventures recorded on the American frontier. For thirty-seven days he wandered Yellowstone alone, injured, and without food save that which he could scrape from an unfriendly land.

Truman Evert’s story manifests the qualities we associate with the great explorers: endurance, determination, inventiveness, and courage in the face of unendurable hardship. Lost in the Yellowstone is an inspiration, and a testament to one man’s will to survive.

About the Author

Lee Whittlesey is Park Historical Archivist and acting historian for Yellowstone National Park.