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"The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. Journalists...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
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Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition. On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. The Grand Canyon, not explored before, was as mysterious as Atlantis-and as perilous. The ten men set out from Green River Station, Wyoming Territory...
4) Grand Canyon
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Questar
Pub. Date
2008
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Visual tour of the Grand Canyon and its wonders.
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SlingShot Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
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"This spectacular National Geographic video takes you on a journey spanning 4,000 years of human history, including the dramatic re-creation of the 1869 Powell Expedition." Includes special behind-the-scenes bonus "The making of the Grand Canyon".
Pub. Date
2019
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Journalists Pete McBride and Kevin Fedarko set out on assignment for National Geographic Magazine to traverse the Grand Canyon by foot. They hope this 750-mile walk will help them better understand one of America's most revered landscapes and the commercial developments poised to alter it forever.
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Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands
Pub. Date
[2024]
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Whether you want to hike the Grand Canyon, golf in Phoenix, or take a road trip on Route 66, the local Fodor's travel experts in Arizona are here to help! Fodor's Arizona and the Grand Canyon guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and...
9) Grand Canyon
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Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Stretching across a rocky plateau in America, carved deep into the rocks by the rushing Colorado River, lies the Grand Canyon. Its bands of rock tell us about millions of years of our planet's history and the indigenous Hopi, Havasupai, and Navajo tribes amongst others that have ties to the land. Today at least five million people visit Grand Canyon National Park every year. This stunning illustrated guide is packed with incredible facts about this...
10) Arizona
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Bennett-Watt HD Productions
Pub. Date
c2003
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"Arizona is a remarkable state, rich in natural beauty-- the Grand Canyon, one of the great natural wonders of the world, a few hundred miles to the east-- the Navajo Nation and Mounument Valley Tribal Park with its sandstone spires and buttes, the Canyon de Chelly with ancient Anasazi ruins dating back almost a thousand years, the Saguaro National Monument, the Petrified Forest National Monument, the Colorado River and Lake Havasu. It's easy to see...
