Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 353 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
"Recounts the last of the few river trips to follow Powell's path down the Green and Colorado before those rivers were dammed"-- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Note -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Idea -- 2. Don Hatch -- 3. Cid Sumner -- 4. Last Preparations in Vernal -- 5. Meeting in Green River -- 6. Getting Ready to Launch -- 7. On the River at Last -- 8. Shakedown -- 9. Red Canyon and the First Rapids -- 10. Brown's Park and the Gates of Lodore -- 11. Hell's Half Mile -- 12. Rippling Brook -- 13. Echo Park and Harper's Corner -- 14. Photographing the Yampa River and Jones Hole -- 15. Whirlpool and Split Mountain Canyons -- 16. Vernal Interlude -- 17. Uinta Basin -- 18. Desolation Canyon |
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19. McPherson Ranch -- 20. Gray Canyon and Green River, Utah -- 21. Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons-Cid Leaves the Expedition -- 22. Cataract Canyon -- 23. The Big Drops, Dark Canyon Rapid, and Hite -- 24. Hite to Ticaboo Creek -- 25. Glen Canyon -- 26. Hidden Passage -- 27. Rainbow Bridge to Lee's Ferry -- 28. L'Envoi-Grand Canyon -- Notes -- Afterword: After the River |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Eggert, Charles, 1918-2005 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Eggert, Charles, 1918-2005 -- Travel -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah)
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Eggert, Charles, 1918-2005 -- Travel -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah) |
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Eggert, Charles, 1918-2005 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |
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Motion pictures -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- Green River (Wyo.-Utah)
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel.
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Green River (Wyo.-Utah) -- Description and travel.
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Travel. |
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North America -- Colorado River. |
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United States -- Green River (Wyoming-Utah) |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Eggert, Charles, 1918-2005. The last canyon voyage Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2020] 9781607817345 (DLC) 2019053502 |
ISBN |
9781607817352 electronic book |
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1607817357 electronic book |
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9781607817345 paperback |
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