Ten Years on the Rock Pile: A Collection of Stories, Some Hilarious, Some Tragic, about Life at the Summit of Mount Washington - Paperback
by Lee Vincent
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lee Vincent, Guy Gosselin (Foreword by), Guy Gosselin (Introduction by)Publish date:2011-07-01Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803234130ISBN-10:803234139UPC:9780803234130Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, MemoirsBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCNAX8ZWK6
Ten Years on the Rock Pile: A Collection of Stories, Some Hilarious, Some Tragic, about Life at the Summit of Mount Washington
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803234130ISBN-10:803234139UPC:9780803234130Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, MemoirsBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCNAX8ZWK6
Lee Vincent (1935-77) built and operated a TV station in Litchfield, Maine, before his job with WMTW-TV, where he hosted a short TV clip five days a week noting the weather atop the "rock pile." Guy Gosselin, who worked for the Mount Washington Observatory in a variety of roles, is now a life trustee of the observatory.
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Lee Vincent, Guy Gosselin (Foreword by), Guy Gosselin (Introduction by)
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