Format:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781493016006
Series Statement:
It Happened in the West
Content:
It Happened at Grand Canyon takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the area's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
Content:
Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE COLORADO RIVER IS SIX FEET WIDE - 1540 - -- ENTRADA - 1776 - -- CHRISTMAS AT THE GRAND CANYON - 1858 - -- FIRST THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON? - 1867 - -- THE DEAD EXPLORERS - 1869 - -- THE FERRYMAN - 1872 - -- THE CHASM OF THE COLORADO - 1874 - -- THE CRUEL COLORADO - 1889 - -- EL TOVAR - 1905 - -- GRAND CANYON MUMMIES - 1909 - -- MOVING PHOTOGRAPHY - 1911‒1912 - -- DRIVING TO THE COLORADO RIVER - 1914 - -- PHANTOM RANCH - 1922 - -- INNER CANYON LANDING - 1922 - -- THE KAIBAB DEER AFFAIR - 1924 - -- BYPASSING BRIGHT ANGEL - 1925 - -- THE HONEYMOONERS - 1928 - -- HAZARDOUS DUTY - 1933‒1936 - -- SOMEWHERE IN THE GRAND CANYON - 1944 - -- GRAND CANYON ENTERS THE ATOMIC AGE - 1951 - -- DIPS IN THE COLORADO - 1955 - -- THE FALLEN - 1956 - -- THE BATTLE OF EL TOVAR - 1966 - -- LOST - 1975 - -- AIRBORNE BURROS - 1980 - -- THE UNDERMINING OF GLEN CANYON DAM - 1983 - -- REACHING INTO THE PAST - 1989 - -- DANNY RAY HORNING - 1992 - -- TWO BAD DAYS - 2000 - -- FLEDGLING SUPERSTAR - 2003 - -- THE BIOLOGIST ERIC YORK 2007 -- WOLF 2014 -- GRAND CANYO N FACTS & T R I V I A -- B I B L I O G R A PHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780762771974
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780762771974
Language:
English
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