The Last Canyon Hardcover - 2001
by Vernon, John (Author)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
Description
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Details
- Title The Last Canyon
- Author Vernon, John (Author)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good+
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts
- Date 2001
- Bookseller's Inventory # 934368
- ISBN 9780618109401 / 0618109404
- Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.42 x 1.16 in (23.52 x 16.31 x 2.95 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Discoveries in geography, Explorers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001024546
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
At the outset of his journey, Powell believed the inaccessible canyons of the Colorado were uninhabited. He was wrong. What he called "the great unknown" was in fact well known by a band of Paiute Indians who had lived on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for centuries. In John Vernon's hands, the story of Powell's voyage of exploration is two converging stories: that of Powell and his crew, and that of a family of Paiute making their own harrowing circuit of the Grand Canyon in an attempt to rescue a kidnapped girl. Told in alternating chapters, THE LAST CANYON deftly leads us into perilous geographical and emotional territory, culminating in Powell's struggle to finish his voyage with only two boats, not four, and five men out of the original nine.
Powell's adventure is a story of triumph, hardship, bravery, and ultimate tragedy. THE LAST CANYON traces simultaneously a voyage of discovery and a chronicle of loss, an exploration of both unknown land and the unplumbed human spirit.
