Chargement en cours…

Alone on the Colorado /

"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...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Leich, Harold H. (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Webb, Roy (writer of foreword.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.