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Powderburn : arson, money, and mystery on Vail Mountain / Daniel Glick.
Van Pelt Library HV8079.A7 G48 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glick, Daniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arson investigation--Colorado--Vail.
- Arson investigation.
- Ski resorts--Corrupt practices--Colorado--Vail.
- Ski resorts.
- Ski resorts--Corrupt practices.
- Deep ecology.
- Environmentalism.
- Colorado--Vail.
- Environmentalism--Colorado--Vail.
- Deep ecology--Colorado--Vail.
- Tourism--Colorado--Vail.
- Tourism.
- Vail (Colo.)--Economic conditions.
- Vail (Colo.).
- Vail (Colo.)--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 269 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Powder burn
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Public Affairs, 2001.
- Summary:
- This suspenseful "whodunnit" exposes the fascinating underside of Vail's ski-town culture when arson massively damaged the resorts of the Colorado mountains in 1998. The investigation in the ultra-rich town reveals a strange, complicated community where everyone is a logical suspect.
- Notes:
- Maps on lining papers.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1971 Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1586480030
- OCLC:
- 45115754
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