The Last Canyon: A NovelHMH, 26 сент. 2002 г. - Всего страниц: 352 A historical novel about John Wesley Powell’s nineteenth-century expedition through the Grand Canyon: “A riveting adventure tale” (The Seattle Times). In 1869, John Wesley Powell set out on a voyage of exploration through the Grand Canyon, the last great expedition of discovery in US history. In this vivid novel, John Vernon intertwines two stories—that of Powell and his crew, and that of a band of Paiute Indians, known as the Shivwits, who lived on the north rim of the canyon. As the novel moves inexorably toward a violent encounter between the two groups, Vernon deftly leads us into perilous geographical and emotional territory in a story of triumph, hardship, bravery, and loss. “Richly imagined.” —Los Angeles Times “No author has tried to put the reader as squarely in Powell’s waterlogged shoes . . . Packs a wallop.” —Salt Lake Tribune |
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... Jack Sumner gave up his trading post, and William Hawkins, like Dunn, gave up his trapping, tho' that's little sacrifice, since beaver are scarcer than hen's teeth these days. Sumner, Dunn, and Oramel Howland are bringing their gold ...
... Jack Sumner gave up his trading post, and William Hawkins, like Dunn, gave up his trapping, tho' that's little sacrifice, since beaver are scarcer than hen's teeth these days. Sumner, Dunn, and Oramel Howland are bringing their gold ...
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... Jack Sumner rowing air and Bill Dunn pulling so hard on his oars that a tholepin popped out and clattered to his feet. He dropped down to pick it up. Between Bill in the bow and Jack in the stern, Wes waved his stump and bellowed out ...
... Jack Sumner rowing air and Bill Dunn pulling so hard on his oars that a tholepin popped out and clattered to his feet. He dropped down to pick it up. Between Bill in the bow and Jack in the stern, Wes waved his stump and bellowed out ...
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... Ain't you done with that yet?" Jack Sumner barked. Bill Dunn fumbling with the tholepin again. "Can't get it backin." "We rode all that way with it out?" "I suppose." As the rapids diminished, the sound of Walter's II.
... Ain't you done with that yet?" Jack Sumner barked. Bill Dunn fumbling with the tholepin again. "Can't get it backin." "We rode all that way with it out?" "I suppose." As the rapids diminished, the sound of Walter's II.
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... Jack Sumner's mustache had bleached in the sun, and like Hawkins Jack was short though round-shouldered, a human cannonball. He'd given up his store in Hot Sulphur Springs to come on this trip and often reminded others of this fact in ...
... Jack Sumner's mustache had bleached in the sun, and like Hawkins Jack was short though round-shouldered, a human cannonball. He'd given up his store in Hot Sulphur Springs to come on this trip and often reminded others of this fact in ...
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... Jack Sumner and Hawkins tried panning the river—no color showed. Wes walked downstream to stare at the canyon's gates because something felt wrong, some thought half formed when he'd stood here last winter. This was the voyage he'd ...
... Jack Sumner and Hawkins tried panning the river—no color showed. Wes walked downstream to stare at the canyon's gates because something felt wrong, some thought half formed when he'd stood here last winter. This was the voyage he'd ...
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Part Three July 3July 131869 | |
Part Four | |
Part Five July 14July 191869 | |
Part Six | |
Part Seven July 20Angnst 3 1869 | |
Part Eight | |
Part Nine August 5August 28 1869 | |
Part Ten | |
Epilogue One Year Later September 1870 | |
Back Matter | |
Back Cover | |
Spine | |
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