Out of the Night: A Story of Tragedy and Hope from a Survivor of the 1959 Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake

Out of the Night: A Story of Tragedy and Hope from a Survivor of the 1959 Montana-Yellowstone Earthquake by Irene Bennett Dunn. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781879628168.

In Out of the Night, Irene Bennett Dunn relates the tragic night of August 17, 1959, when a historic earthquake and resulting landslide killed four members of her family, and how she rebuilt her life after that terrible trauma. On the night of August 17, 1959, Irene Bennett Dunn was camped with her husband and four children on the banks of the Madison River near Yellowstone Park when an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hit, causing a massive landslide to sweep over the campground. Irene survived along with her 16-year-old son, Phil, but the rest of her family perished. Out of the Night is about the tragedy that took four of her family members; moreover, it is about how she survived and gained the courage to rebuild her life with her son, Phil.