The White Mountain: rediscovering Mount Washington's hidden culture

Foreword

Introduction

1. Treads of the coach : in which the author begins his journey by facing down a Nor'easter at 4,000 feet

2. Like noises in a swound : the wind, the rime, and the cat : one week above the clouds at the Observatory

3. A gentleman saunterer : the life and times of Alton "Mr. Mount Washington" Weagle

4. Voyage of life : life lessons on the passion of grief from a ninety-seven-year-old runner

5. Taking a breather at the halfway point : of ducks, minis, Christie Brinkley, and the transient beauty of a passing sunset

Photo album

6. Where the heavens and earth intertwine : every year, for one glorious day, the mountain is owned by those on foot

7. In the teeth of the lion : few living things create more trouble for the Mountain than the meek dandelion

8. The gears and pipes, and the steam : the Mountain's living anachronism continues to shoot for the moon

9. Kindred spirits : seeing Mount Washington through the eyes of artists

10. Ablutions of a goddess : Mount Washington meets a toddler

11. The other Mountain : finding connection in the town among the clouds

Afterword.