Introduction, Chapters 1-2, Hold Fast to Your Children: Death in Hot Water, 'These Animals Are Not Real': The Myth That Can Kill You! Summary and Analysis

Yellowstone National Park is a beautiful place that is full of fatal dangers. Part of the fascination with Yellowstone is the danger tied to it, but many who go to Yellowstone have a false sense of security such as believing that animals are tame. This book tries to correct these errors in order to promote safety, but the stories are also fascinating in their own right. The stories teach and their pedagogical value is the reason the author wrote them down.

The author, Lee H. Whittlesey, was a Yellowstone Park Ranger and a later law student who...