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"Leich wrote a rich and expressive account of his travels during the Depression--from riding the rails, floating over 200 miles of the Yellowstone River, and finally his attempt to run the Colorado River from its source to the Gulf of Mexico. His writing is wonderfully engaging and this is a gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leich, Harold H. (Author)
Other Authors: Webb, Roy (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Leich, Harold H. > Travel > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Travel
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Descriptions et voyages.
North America > Colorado River
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The spell of swift water
  • Bewitched
  • The source
  • In the wake of Sam Adams
  • Riding the riffles
  • Swapping horses in midstream
  • Ulysses
  • Shipwrecked in the desert
  • Afoot and afloat
  • Hell or Hanksville
  • Farewell to the Colorado
  • Appendix : reaction of Hal Leich's parents to his river trips by Jeff Leich and Harry Leich
  • Afterword : Hal Leich and his book : a history and a reflection by Jeff Leich and Harry Leich.

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