Book : Dead Mountain The Untold True Story Of The Dyatlov...

-Titulo Original : Dead Mountain The Untold True Story Of The Dyatlov Pass Incident (historical Nonfiction Bestseller, True Story Book Of Survival)

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Chronicle Books

-Descripcion Original:

A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller! - What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the mountain climbing incident-unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes-have led to decades of speculation over the true stories and what really happened.As gripping and bizarre as Hunt for the Skin Walker: This New York Times bestseller, Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, is a gripping work of literary nonfiction that delves into the untold story of Dead Mountain through unprecedented access to the hikers own journals and photographs, rarely seen government records, dozens of interviews, and the authors retracing of the hikers fateful journey in the Russian winter.Youll love this real-life tale: Dead Mountain is a fascinating portrait of young adventurers in the Soviet era, and a skillful interweaving of the hikers narrative, the investigators efforts, and the authors investigations. Here for the first time is a historical nonfiction bestseller with the real story of what happened that night on Dead Mountain. Review Dead Mountain reads like a mystery, with flashback chapters that lead up to the last known details of the ill-fated adventure. Author Eichar is a documentary filmmaker who fell into the 50-year-old mystery. Determined to unravel the clues, he takes a winter hike into the same mountains. His research leads him to sort through the classic explanations?avalanche, attack by the local Mansi people, high winds, armed men, weapons testing, and even aliens. Punctuated with primary source documents, readers will be riveted to the final conclusion of the true story of the Dyatlov Pass incident.School Library JournalA Junior Library Guild SelectionFive Stars...The best investigation on [The Dyatlov Pass Incident] that I have ever read. -Mysterious Universe podcastThe Dyatlov Pass incident is virtually unknown outside Russia, but in that country, its been a much-discussed mystery for decades. In 1959, nine Russian university students disappeared on a hiking expedition in the Ural Mountains. A rescue team found their bodies weeks later, nearly a mile from their campsite, partially clothed, shoeless, three of them having died from injuries that indicated a physical confrontation. What happened here? There have been a lot of theories, ranging from misadventure to government conspiracy to freak weather to extraterrestrials, but no one has managed to get to the truth. Drawing on interviews with people who knew the hikers (and with the lone survivor of the expedition, whod had to turn back due to illness), Russian case documents, and the hikers own diaries, Eichar, an American documentarian, re-creates the ill-fated expedition and the investigation that followed. The authors explanation of what happened on Dead Mountain is necessarily speculative, but it has the advantage of answering most of the long-standing questions while being intuitively plausible. A gripping book, at least as dramatic as Krakauers Into Thin Air (1997). -BooklistAn American documentary filmmaker drops into the well of one of Soviet Russias greatest mysteries. . . . A sad tale of tragedy and investigatory enigmas from the wilds of Soviet Union. -Kirkus ReviewsDead Mountain piques your curiosity from start to finish as the details of these nine young and vibrant hikers unfold to explain their brave fight for survival in some of the harshest conditions imaginable. -Malibu MagazineReaders will appreciate the drama and poignancy of Eichars solid depiction of this truly eerie and enduring mystery.-L