High, wide, and handsome : the river journals of Norman D. Nevills /

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When he started taking paying passengers by boat through the rapids of the Colorado River's canyons, Norman Nevills invented whitewater tourism and the commercial river business. For twelve years, from 1938 until his death in a plane crash in 1949, he safely took, without a single life lost, fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949
Otros Autores: Webb, Roy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2005.
©2005
Temas:
Nevills, Norman D., > 1908-1949 > Diaries.
Nevills, Norman D., > 1908-1949
White-water canoeing > West (U.S.)
Rivers > West (U.S.)
SPORTS & RECREATION > Canoeing.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Rivers
White-water canoeing
West United States
Diaries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Introduction; Cataract and Grand Canyons, June 20 to August 1, 1938; Green River through the Grand Canyon, June 17 to August 22, 1940; Grand Canyon, July 14 to August 5, 1941; Grand Canyon, July 12 to August 7, 1942; Salmon River, July 11 to August 3, 1946; Snake River, August 4 to August 17, 1946; Green River, June 16 to July 5, 1947; Grand Canyon, July 10 to August 5, 1947; Grand Canyon, July 11 to August 5, 1948; Green River, June 19 to July 3, 1949; Grand Canyon, July 12 to July 31, 1949; Coda, Monday, September 19, 1949; A Note On The Sources; Notes; Index.

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