Sign-In
Cart
Ten Years on the Rock Pile: A Collection of Stories, Some Hilarious, Some Tragic, about Life at the Summit of Mount Washington
Paperback
Biographies GeneralRegional: New England
Publisher Price: $18.95
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN10: 0803234139
ISBN13: 9780803234130
Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
Published: Jul 1 2011
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780803234130
Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
Published: Jul 1 2011
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.80
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Mount Washington, located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is the highest peak in the northeastern United States. It is often cited--by its inhabitants, no less--as the home of the country's worst weather, a claim supported by the mountain's long-held record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface (231 mph on April 12, 1934). As a transmitter supervisor for WMTW-TV, Lee Vincent traveled regularly to the summit of Mount Washington. Soon enough his reports from the peak began appearing in a column in a local paper--and just as quickly captivated readers near and far.
These columns--with their accounts of the everyday lives and unusual exploits of the individuals who chose, against all odds and most notions of common sense, to call Mount Washington home--are gathered in this book. As entertaining and engaging as they are informative, these reports from the summit form an invaluable record of life happily lived in extremity. Accompanied by remarkable photographs and candid snapshots, they also document the experience and insights--and after Vincent's diagnosis with a virulent form of cancer, the valiant last days--of someone who had seen the mountaintop and reported back for the edification and delight of those lucky enough to read his columns and books.
Also in
Regional: New England
Blizzard of Lies: Karen Read, John O'Keefe, and the Shocking Unsolved Murder in Cop Town, USA
Wedge, Dave
Hardcover
$28.45
Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America
Reynolds, David S.
Hardcover
$31.50
Don't Talk about Joe Mac: The Life, Wars, and Secret History of the Man Behind the Winter Hill Gang
Toledo, Springs
Hardcover
$52.50
Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness
Swidey, Neil
Paperback
$22.00
Six Women of Salem: The Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
Roach, Marilynne K.
Paperback
$20.89
Spooky New England: Tales Of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, And Other Local Lore
Schlosser, S. E.
Paperback
$16.95
The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
Tougias, Michael J.
Sherman, Casey
Paperback
$18.99
War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution
Martin, James Kirby
Lender, Mark Edward
Hardcover
$30.40
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (and Some Bears)
Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew
Paperback
$18.99
Miracle on the Mayflower: John Howland's Remarkable Rescue and Lasting Impact on America
Hogg, Cynthia Howard
Paperback
$18.74
It Happened in Vermont: Stories of Events and People that Shaped Green Mountain State History
Bushnell, Mark
Paperback
$16.95
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
Silverman, David J.
Paperback
$20.90
Witches of New England: Stories about the Accused, the Trials, and the Fear That Swept the Region
Freeburg, Jessica
Fowler, Natalie
Paperback
$9.45
Maine's Place in History: Joshua Chamberlain's 1876 Address at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition
Chamberlain, Joshua
Hardcover
$29.95
Spooky Massachusetts: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
Schlosser, S. E.
Paperback
$17.05
Going Up the Country: When the Hippies, Dreamers, Freaks, and Radicals Moved to Vermont
Daley, Yvonne
Paperback
$18.95
The Last Good Heist: The Inside Story of The Biggest Single Payday in the Criminal History of the Northeast
Worcester, Wayne
Richard, Randall
White, Tim
Paperback
$18.95
Real Life, Real Funny: The Way Maine Humor Should Be
Potholm, Chris P.
Bailey, Dennis
Emery, David
Paperback
$24.95
The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
Woodard, Colin
Paperback
From $9.99
Abolitionists of the Northeast: Black Leaders in the Antislavery Movement
MacDonald, Gail Braccidiferro
Paperback
$24.95
New England Fairies: A History of the Little People of the Hills and Forests
Warburton, Andrew
Paperback
$23.74
Stones and Bones of New England: A Guide To Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries
Rogak, Lisa
Paperback
$16.95
Wicked Strange: Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities, and Urban Legends from New England
Belanger, Jeff
Paperback
$22.75
The Captain, The Missionary, and the Bell: The Wreck of the Steamship Atlantic
Larsson, Eric
Paperback
$31.95
Connecticut 169 Club: Your Passport & Guide to Exploring Connecticut: New 5th Edition
Podskoch, Martin
Hardcover
$28.45
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: The Remarkable True Story Of American Heroine Ida Lewis
Skomal, Lenore
Paperback
$14.95
Abolitionists of the Northeast: Black Leaders in the Antislavery Movement
MacDonald, Gail Braccidiferro
Hardcover
$39.95
Abandoned Prayers: An Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession, and Amish Secrets
Olsen, Gregg
Paperback
$18.05
Jordans of the Pond: A History of the Family from the Jordan Pond House on Mount Desert Island, Maine
Reeverts, James Daryl
Paperback
$14.24
New Hampshire Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Jones, Eric
Paperback
$16.95
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution
Young, Alfred
Young, Alfred F.
Hardcover
$22.80
The Gritty Berkshires: A People's History from the Hoosac Tunnel to Mass MoCA
Seider, Maynard
Paperback
$34.00
Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: History, Memories & Legacy of the CCC
Podskoch, Martin
Paperback
$28.45
Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England
Whiting, Gloria McCahon
Hardcover
$39.95
The Pilgrim Chronicles: An Eyewitness History of the Pilgrims and the Founding of Plymouth Colony
Gragg, Rod
Paperback
$20.89
Walter Beinecke and the Reimagining of Nantucket: How Preservation, Conservation, and Redevelopment Transformed the Gray Lady
Warner, John D., Jr.
Hardcover
$31.30
Miracle on the Mayflower: John Howland's Remarkable Rescue and Lasting Impact on America
Hogg, Cynthia Howard
Hardcover
$24.99
Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution
Wren, Christopher S.
Paperback
$18.99
The Hub of the Gay Universe: An LGBTQ History of Boston, Provincetown, and Beyond
López, Russ
Paperback
$23.70
Countdown 1960: The Behind-The-Scenes Story of the 312 Days That Changed America's Politics Forever
Wallace, Chris
Paperback
$21.85
Connecticut Cryptids: A Field Guide to the Weird and Wonderful Creatures of the Nutmeg State
Scalisi, Patrick
Paperback
$18.99
The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack and the Fight for Survival in Early America
Swanson, James L.
Paperback
$18.99
The Autobiography of Leverett Saltonstall: Massachusetts Governor, U.S. Senator, and Yankee Icon
Saltonstall, Leverett
Paperback
$24.95
Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England
Hubka, Thomas C.
Paperback
$33.25
Poet in High Street Park: Prose & Poetry for Modern Salem: Prose & Poetry for Modern Salem
Scrimgeour, J. D.
Paperback
$19.00
More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, 1829-1889
Kantrowitz, Stephen
Paperback
$32.00
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea
Tougias, Michael J.
Paperback
$18.04
Maine's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History
Kennedy, Kate
Paperback
$16.95
Robert Love's Warnings: Searching for Strangers in Colonial Boston
Dayton, Cornelia H.
Salinger, Sharon V.
Paperback
$42.00
Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How a Maine Guide Inspired America's 26th President
Vietze, Andrew
Paperback
$14.95
Siege at the State House: The 1879 Coup That Nearly Plunged Maine Into Civil War
Smith, Mac
Paperback
$18.95
Boon Island: A True Story Of Mutiny, Shipwreck, And Cannibalism
Vietze, Andrew
Erickson, Stephen A.
Paperback
$16.95
Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine's Mt. Desert Island
McBride, Bunny
Prins, Harald
Paperback
$16.95
It Happened in New Hampshire: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Granite State History
Rogers, Stillman
Paperback
$16.10
Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England
Hardesty, Jared Ross
Paperback
$24.65
No Right to an Honest Living (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
Jones, Jacqueline
Paperback
$21.84
When the Island Had Fish: The Remarkable Story of a Maine Fishing Community
Smith, Janna Malamud
Hardcover
$27.95
The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket
Schneider, Paul
Paperback
$25.64
Myths and Mysteries of New Hampshire: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained
Mayo, Matthew P.
Paperback
$27.48
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
Most, Doug
Paperback
$26.60
God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians Against the Puritans of New England
Warren, James A.
Paperback
$18.04
The Wreck of the Portland: A Doomed Ship, a Violent Storm, and New England's Worst Maritime Disaster
Conway, J. North
Paperback
$18.95
Jamestown: Architecture, Landscape, and the Making of a Rhode Island Paradise
Tschirch, John R.
Hardcover
$42.70
A Dear-Bought Victory: The Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston, 1775-1776
Davis, Daniel T.
Greenwalt, Phillip S.
Paperback
$16.10
Death of an Empire: The Rise and Murderous Fall of Salem, America's Richest City
Booth, Robert
Hardcover
$37.99
Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Large Print Edition)
O'Reilly, Bill
Dugard, Martin
Paperback
$31.35