Death in Yellowstone, by Lee H. Whittlesey

Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park, by Lee H. Whittlesey.  Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1995.  276 pp.  1-57098-021-7.

... in which we learn of all the gruesome ways an unlucky person can die in Yellowstone National Park. 

Death in Yellowstone chronicles many different deaths that have occurred in Yellowstone National Park during its long history.  This is not a book for the squeamish, and it's not a happy read, but it's really fascinating in a morbid sort of way.    The book is divided into two main sections: Death by Nature, and Death by Man.  Death by Nature is divided up into sections like death by hot water, death by wild animals, death by poisonous gas, death by lightning, death by avalanche, etc.  Death by Man is divided into chapters on death in war, death by murder, death by stagecoach crash, death by structural fire, etc.