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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... held as much grease, it appeared, as his filthy breeches. Bill sat in the sand. Had he fixed the tholepin at last, the big lunk? He'd better have, thought Wes, he couldn't row without it. Next to Bill, Ora Howland, head resting on his ...
... held as much grease, it appeared, as his filthy breeches. Bill sat in the sand. Had he fixed the tholepin at last, the big lunk? He'd better have, thought Wes, he couldn't row without it. Next to Bill, Ora Howland, head resting on his ...
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... held up the barometer. Its long glass tube, cased in brass, showed no moisture in the sun—a good sign. Bill placed his nose two inches from the thing and squinted at the scale. "Twenty-four point six." "What does that give you?" Bill ...
... held up the barometer. Its long glass tube, cased in brass, showed no moisture in the sun—a good sign. Bill placed his nose two inches from the thing and squinted at the scale. "Twenty-four point six." "What does that give you?" Bill ...
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... held their rendezvous, and Wes knew that made it hallowed ground for Sumner, Dunn, and Hawkins; with Wes and Emma, they'd been here last winter for a few cold days. It was rimmed by steep slopes, red and green in the distance, and ...
... held their rendezvous, and Wes knew that made it hallowed ground for Sumner, Dunn, and Hawkins; with Wes and Emma, they'd been here last winter for a few cold days. It was rimmed by steep slopes, red and green in the distance, and ...
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... held true there: high walls, massive and chiseled—profound, gloomy depths— precipitous spires, towering pinnacles, labyrinthine chasms. It overwhelmed conception. How his heart ached to see what the inner eye could only feebly sketch! A ...
... held true there: high walls, massive and chiseled—profound, gloomy depths— precipitous spires, towering pinnacles, labyrinthine chasms. It overwhelmed conception. How his heart ached to see what the inner eye could only feebly sketch! A ...
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... held out his tin plate. Bill Dunn came back and announced that the coyote had killed a porcupine and been visiting the scene. "How do you know?" "He pissed next to these. Ground still wet." Bill passed out some porcupine quills. "What's ...
... held out his tin plate. Bill Dunn came back and announced that the coyote had killed a porcupine and been visiting the scene. "How do you know?" "He pissed next to these. Ground still wet." Bill passed out some porcupine quills. "What's ...
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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