Introduction: a great vacation gone wrong -- Treacherous waters: a long history of drowning -- More than the heart can bear: the number-two cause of death -- The lure of high peaks: climbing deaths -- Racing to the sun: motor vehicle accidents -- Know your limits: hiking accidents -- Bear bait: grizzly encounters -- Rushing rocks and snow: death by avalanche -- Without warning: falling objects -- Dropping out of the sky: small aircraft deaths -- The last hopeless act: suicides -- Deathly cold: dying of exposure -- Murder most expedient: the Volkswagen van and the newlywed case -- Missing, presumed dead -- Unclassified: deaths by unusual causes -- Epilogue: Staying alive in the national parks -- Appendix: List of deaths 1913-2015.
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