Lost in the Yellowstone
Truman Everts's "Thirty-seven Days of Peril."

Edited by Lee H. Whittlesey

16 Illustrations, 2 maps
Paper $14.95
ISBN 978-0-87480-481-2

The incredible true adventure of the only person known to have survived so long while lost in Yellowstone wilderness.

When Truman Evert visited the Yellowstone area n 1870, the Yellowstone belonged to myth. Scattered reports of a mostly unexplored wilderness filled with natural wonders caught the public’s—and Evert’s—attention. Although fifty-four, nearsighted, and an inexperienced woodman, he joined the expedition determined to map and investigate the mysterious Yellowstone.

Separated from his party, and then abandoned by his horse, Evert embarked on one of the most grueling survival adventures recorded on the American frontier. For thiry-seven days he wandered Yellowstone alone, injured, and without food save that which he could scrape from an unfriendly land.

Truman Evert’s story manifests the qualities we associate with the great explorers: edurance, determination, inventiveness, and courage in the face of unendurable hardship. Lost in Yellowstone is an inspiration, and a testament to one man’s will to survive.

Lee Whittlesey is Park Historical Archivist and acting historian for Yellowstone National Park.