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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... began—in your arms again. Your Loving Husband, Wes. 2. Wes looked around him: all hell was breaking loose. His boat had nosed down, got gripped by the river, and wind had turned to water. The Emma Dean shot forward in ablink and Wes was ...
... began—in your arms again. Your Loving Husband, Wes. 2. Wes looked around him: all hell was breaking loose. His boat had nosed down, got gripped by the river, and wind had turned to water. The Emma Dean shot forward in ablink and Wes was ...
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... began to bail, all except Frank Goodman in the No Name—sitting up smartly now—and Bill Dunn in the Emma Dean, still working on the tholepin. Wes asked too, "That's not done, Bill?" at which Seneca Howland looked up from his boat ...
... began to bail, all except Frank Goodman in the No Name—sitting up smartly now—and Bill Dunn in the Emma Dean, still working on the tholepin. Wes asked too, "That's not done, Bill?" at which Seneca Howland looked up from his boat ...
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... began. The rest of the men except George Bradley held on to the doubled-backstern rope on the bank while George and Wes shoved and kicked the Emma Dean through shallows and eddies to the edge of the rapids. They threaded it around rocks ...
... began. The rest of the men except George Bradley held on to the doubled-backstern rope on the bank while George and Wes shoved and kicked the Emma Dean through shallows and eddies to the edge of the rapids. They threaded it around rocks ...
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... began to grow alarmed about the water in the supposedly watertight compartment of the Emma Dean. A picture raided his mind: water clouding one of their pocket watches—or worse, the chronometer—and fouling its works. He checked the other ...
... began to grow alarmed about the water in the supposedly watertight compartment of the Emma Dean. A picture raided his mind: water clouding one of their pocket watches—or worse, the chronometer—and fouling its works. He checked the other ...
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... began pulling its light from the valley. To Wes's disappointment the clouds had not blown out, so he couldn't use the sextant. But he footed up their estimated distance to be a hundred and forty river miles, fifty as the crow flies from ...
... began pulling its light from the valley. To Wes's disappointment the clouds had not blown out, so he couldn't use the sextant. But he footed up their estimated distance to be a hundred and forty river miles, fifty as the crow flies from ...
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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