The Canons of the Colorado
Early in the trip, at a point on the Green River that Powell named Disaster Falls, one of the boats was swept over a cataract, dumping her crew and eventually smashing to pieces against the rocks. All of the expedition's barometers, ...
Dories, Ho! is a story of their adventure and discovery.Similar to their first travel memoir Dear Bob and Sue, this book is as much about their relationship as it is their fantastic trip.
Bartlett , Richard Adams . " The Great Surveys in Colorado ... Lewis Henry Morgan , John Wesley Powell and Henry George : A Study in the Relation Between Nineteenth Century Intellectual Thought and Social Reform . " M.A. Thesis .
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The book is a triple love story: the affair between Katie and the cowboy/miner; the characters that lived in Dandy Crossing before the river rose to drown it; and, the love of the beauty of Glen Canyon that would soon be drowned.
In the Footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An Album of Comparative Photographs of the Green and Colorado Rivers, 1871-72 and...
The Romance of the Colorado
Follows the Colorado River's 1450-mile journey from its headwaters high in the Colorado Rockies to its dried-up delta touching the Sea of Cortez, discussing its historical, geographical, and environmental significance.
"In these new and accurate transcriptions, long overdue, of the letters and diaries written during the expedition, the crew members emerge from the shadows to tell their stories, often differing from the account written by expedition leader ...
Describes the expedition of professor John Wesley Powell in 1869 to explore the Colorado River from Green River City, Wyoming, to the Grand Canyon which included three months of riding rapids, back-breaking labor, dramatically beautiful ...
This is the guidebook to the Colorado River used by the characters in Will Hobbs's book "Downriver".
Grand Canyon River Guide: Powell Centennial
The Colorado River in Grand Canyon: A River Runner's Map and Guide to Its Natural and Human History
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The Colorado
Guidebook for whitewater rafting in the Grand Canyon with complete maps, photos, and mile-by-mile text.
Recounts the adventures of seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1871-2.
"Using historic photos, river logs, letters and interviews, author Tom Marin recounts the voyages of a number of unsung river runners during the transformation from Grand Canyon expeditionary river running into today's whitewater recreation ...
Down the Colorado: Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon, 1869: Photographs and Epilogue, 1969