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Woman Of The River : Georgie White Clark, Whitewater Pioneer /
Georgie White Clark-adventurer, raconteur, eccentric--first came to know the canyons of the Colorado River by swimming portions of them with a single companion. She subsequently hiked and rafted portions of the canyons, increasingly sharing her love of the Colorado River with friends and acquaintanc...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press,
1997.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Woman Of The River : |b Georgie White Clark, Whitewater Pioneer / |c Richard E. Westwood ; foreword by Roy Webb. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Swimming Rapids in Grand Canyon, 1944-1945; 2. Rafting the Rapids, 1946-1947; 3. From Passenger to Boatman, 1948-1952; 4. Taking Passengers through Grand Canyon, 1953; 5. The 'Triple Rig Is Born, 1954; 6. Branching Out to New Rivers, 1955; 7. Controversies, 1956; 8. Glen Canyon Dam and a Clash of Personalities, 1957-1958; 9. Exploring Mexican Rivers, 1958-1959; 10. Dead Man in Cataract and Other New Experiences, 1960-1961; 11. Runaway Rafts, 1962; 12. Exploring Canadian Rivers, 1963; 13. More of Mexico, 1963-1964; 14. High Jinks, 1965 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 15. Disaster on a Mexican River, 1966-196716. Divorce, 1968-1971; 17. Changing Faces and Changing Rules, 1972-1975; 18. Georgje's Effect on Passengers, 1976-1979; 19. Georgie Breaks an Arm, 1980-1982; 20. The Year of the Big Water, 1983; 21. Tragedy at Lava Falls, 1984-1987; 22. Another Tragedy, 1988-1989; 23. Birthday Party, 1990; 24. Final Run, 1991; 25. Memorials to a Legend, 1992; Appendix: Georgie's Boatmen and Helpers; Notes; Related Works; Index | |
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