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A mad, crazy river : running the Grand Canyon in 1927 /
In 1927 Clyde Eddy recruited a handful of college students to serve as crewmen and loaded them, a hobo, a mongrel dog, and a bear cub into three boats and set out to travel the length of the Colorado River. This book is the original narrative of that foolhardy and thrilling adventure.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque :
Avanyu Pub., University of New Mexico Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Eddy, Clyde, |d 1889-1954. | |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A mad, crazy river : |b running the Grand Canyon in 1927 / |c Clyde L. Eddy. |
| 260 | |a Albuquerque : |b Avanyu Pub., University of New Mexico Press, |c 2012. | ||
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| 500 | |a "Originally published in hardcover as Down the World's Most Dangerous River by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929." | ||
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| 520 | |a In 1927 Clyde Eddy recruited a handful of college students to serve as crewmen and loaded them, a hobo, a mongrel dog, and a bear cub into three boats and set out to travel the length of the Colorado River. This book is the original narrative of that foolhardy and thrilling adventure. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to the Paperback Edition; Introduction; Foreword; 1: A Mad, Crazy River-Boyhood Dreams-Plans and Preparations-The Start from Greenriver; 2: The River Shows Its Teeth-Man Overboard-Wind and Rain-Organizing the Expedition; 3: Morning Finds the River Rising-Hard Work in Labyrinth Canyon-Cliff Dwellings-How the Men Measured Up; 4: Stillwater Canyon-In Camp Below the Junction-We Examine Rapids No. 1-A Mysterious Message; 5: Through the First Bad Rapids-The Powell Swept Through No. 5-Wreck of the Dellenbaugh-Adger Kills a Rattlesnake. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 6: The Worst Four Miles in Cataract-We Celebrate the Fourth of July-The Powell Capsizes7: The "Hole" in Rapids No. 22-The Flood-High Water and Morale-Plans for Lee's Ferry; 8: Travel Day-The Coronado ina "Hole"-Dark Canyon Rapids-Safe Through Cataract; 9: The Lonely Prospector-Glen Canyon-A Sand Storm-Lee's Ferry at Last; 10: To Kanab for Provisions-Three Men Leave the Expedition-Holt and Bartl Lost-The "Miracle in the Desert"; 11: McGregory Gives Up-First Through Soap Creek Rapids-Mouth of the Little Colorado. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 12: Unkar Creek-How We Ran Hance Rapids-The Sockdolager-Trapped Under the Dellenbaugh13: Bright Angel Trail-Out at Grand Canyon-Horn Creek Rapids-Overnight at Hermit Falls; 14: Walthenberg Rapids-"By George, Mr. Eddy, We're Not Goingto Make It!"-A Bath at Elves' Chasm; 15: "Rags" Is Left Behind-More Dismal Granite Gorges-How the Powell Was Lost in Deubendorf; 16: Overcrowded and Under-provisioned in Two Remaining Boats-Kanab Canyon-Indecision Rapids-Lava Falls; 17: Through Separation Rapids-Distress at Spencer Canyon-The Last Hurdle-Success in Sight. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 18: Grand Wash Cliffs-Through the Grand Canyon-Black Canyon-NeedlesAppendix: A Second Journey Through Grand Canyon from Lee's Ferry to Bright Angel Creek; Back Cover. | |
| 546 | |a English. | ||
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| 651 | 0 | |a Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |x Description and travel. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |x Discovery and exploration. | |
| 651 | 6 | |a Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) |x Descriptions et voyages. | |
| 651 | 6 | |a Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) |x Découverte et exploration. | |
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