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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... basket hung on her back from a tumpline pulling tight across her collarbone. The women carried the baskets, that was their job. Mara, her sister, reached back to feel hers—just checking, Toab guessed. Still there. Still intact. Its ...
... basket hung on her back from a tumpline pulling tight across her collarbone. The women carried the baskets, that was their job. Mara, her sister, reached back to feel hers—just checking, Toab guessed. Still there. Still intact. Its ...
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... baskets, especially trays. Pooeechuts and her sister Mara worked fast; Soxor helped too but left the hard parts to them. Meanwhile, Onchok went hunting and would be gone a few days. Toab lingered at the camp and watched the women weave ...
... baskets, especially trays. Pooeechuts and her sister Mara worked fast; Soxor helped too but left the hard parts to them. Meanwhile, Onchok went hunting and would be gone a few days. Toab lingered at the camp and watched the women weave ...
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... baskets were finished, Toab and Onchok built a raft to cross the river. With cords made from yucca, they lashed driftwood logs together. Toab, Onchok, and Mara crossed first. They loaded a half-full basket on the raft, pushed the raft ...
... baskets were finished, Toab and Onchok built a raft to cross the river. With cords made from yucca, they lashed driftwood logs together. Toab, Onchok, and Mara crossed first. They loaded a half-full basket on the raft, pushed the raft ...
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... baskets but Navajo blankets. Toab and Onchok took some of their buckskins and went to this trade to see what they could get. What Onchok got was a wife. The basket makers, it turned out, brought lots of women, those who in fact had made ...
... baskets but Navajo blankets. Toab and Onchok took some of their buckskins and went to this trade to see what they could get. What Onchok got was a wife. The basket makers, it turned out, brought lots of women, those who in fact had made ...
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A Novel John Vernon. baskets of red, white, and black were delicate and flawless, he told Toab—like the person who made them. But Onchok was worried. He'd heard rumors about those women from the east, the ones from the Other Side. They ...
A Novel John Vernon. baskets of red, white, and black were delicate and flawless, he told Toab—like the person who made them. But Onchok was worried. He'd heard rumors about those women from the east, the ones from the Other Side. They ...
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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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ahead ain't Andy Hall asked barometers baskets Bill Dunn blanket boats bones boulders brother burro camp canyon walls Chookwadum cliffs climbed clouds Colorado Colorado River cook coyote crossed dirt Emma Dean eyes feet felt fire Frank Goodman George Bradley Green grew guns hair Hamblin hand Havasupai Hawkins head held Hoskininni Howland inside Jack Sumner Jacob Hamblin kill knew Kwits land looked Major Powell Mara meat mesa miles Mookweech Mormon mouth Nankapeea Navajo never night oars Onchok Ora's Oraibi Oramel Paiute Mountain Pangwits plateau Pooeechuts pulled rapids river rock rolled sand sandstone seedcakes seemed Seneca Shivwits shook shot shouted side sister skin slope Soxor stood sweat lodge talk things thought Toab Toab's told took trail trees turned valley walked Walpi Walter Powell watched waves Wes's who'd willows