The Emerald Mile

The Emerald Mile
Author: Kevin Fedarko
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2014-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781439159866

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The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.

The Emerald Mile

The Emerald Mile
Author: Kevin Fedarko
Publsiher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781476735290

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From one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the legendary flood of 1983. In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the Colorado River confronted a team of engineers at the Glen Canyon Dam with an unprecedented emergency that may have resulted in the most catastrophic dam failure in history. In the midst of this crisis, the decision to launch a small wooden dory named “The Emerald Mile” at the head of the Grand Canyon, just fifteen miles downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam, seemed not just odd, but downright suicidal. The Emerald Mile, at one time slated to be destroyed, was rescued and brought back to life by Kenton Grua, the man at the oars, who intended to use this flood as a kind of hydraulic sling-shot. The goal was to nail the all-time record for the fastest boat ever propelled—by oar, by motor, or by the grace of God himself—down the entire length of the Colorado River from Lee’s Ferry to Lake Mead. Did he survive? Just barely. Now, this remarkable, epic feat unfolds here, in The Emerald Mile.

The Grand Canyon Between River and Rim

The Grand Canyon  Between River and Rim
Author: Pete McBride
Publsiher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780847863044

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This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience--an end-to-end, rim-to-river exploration of the Grand Canyon. The authors have debuted a film-Into the Canyon-in February of 2019 that explores their hike through the canyon Award-winning photographer Pete McBride, along with best-selling authors Kevin Fedarko and Hampton Sides, takes us on a gripping adventure story told through stunning, never-before-seen photography and powerful essays. By hiking the entire 750 miles of Grand Canyon National Park--from the Colorado River to the canyon rim--McBride captures the majesty of as well as calling us to protect America's open-aired cathedral. The 2019 Public Lands Alliance Partnership Book of the Year, this is the most spectacular collection of Grand Canyon imagery ever seen, showing beauty from vantages where no other photographers have ever stood. It will also highlight the conservation challenges this iconic national park faces as visitation numbers grow and development pressures surrounding it mount. This photography will inspire and remind us why we protect such a cherished public space. Proceeds benefit the Grand Canyon Conservancy, and the accompanying documentary Into the Canyon has been shown at the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival and the Aspen Film Festival in February of 2019 as well as debuting on the National Geographic Channel--all in time for the national park's centennial.

There s this River

There s this River
Author: Christa Sadler
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1994
Genre: Travel
ISBN: STANFORD:36105029152282

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The Grand Canyon Reader

The Grand Canyon Reader
Author: Lance Newman
Publsiher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780520270787

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Presents an anthology of stories, essays, and poems that looks at the Grand Canyon.

The Hidden Canyon

The Hidden Canyon
Author: Edward Abbey
Publsiher: Cameron
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-07-07
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1937359743

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"First published in 1977 by Viking Penguin, Inc. Published in 1999 by Chronicle Books LLC."--Colophon.

Canyon

Canyon
Author: Michael Patrick Ghiglieri
Publsiher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1992-02
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0816512868

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The author, a professional river guide for seventeen years, describes a trip along the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, and shares his impressions of the natural history of the region

River

River
Author: Colin Fletcher
Publsiher: Vintage
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2014-10-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780804152433

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At age sixty-seven, Colin Fletcher, the guru of backpacking in America, undertook a rigorous six-month raft expedition down the full length of the Colorado River--alone. He needed "something to pare the fat off my soul...to make me grateful, again, for being alive." The 1,700 miles between the Colorado's source in Wyoming and its conclusion at Mexico's Gulf of California contain some of the most spectacular vistas on earth, and Fletcher is the ideal guide for the terrain. As his privileged companions, we travel to places like Disaster Falls and Desolation Canyon, observe beaver and elk, experience sandstorms and whitewater rapids, and share Fletcher's thoughts on the human race, the environment, and the joys of solitude.