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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... lived here in March, perhaps a hundred remain. Remember what I said before leaving?—these Hell on Wheels towns are as transitory as soap bubbles. And they hold human life as cheaply as at Gettysburg. One nymph du pave among our soiled ...
... lived here in March, perhaps a hundred remain. Remember what I said before leaving?—these Hell on Wheels towns are as transitory as soap bubbles. And they hold human life as cheaply as at Gettysburg. One nymph du pave among our soiled ...
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... their baskets were stronger, more tightly woven. They lived across the Pawhaw up near Paiute Mountain, a place so far away that no one Toab knew had ever been there. As for Toab and his band, they were She-bits. They'd Si.
... their baskets were stronger, more tightly woven. They lived across the Pawhaw up near Paiute Mountain, a place so far away that no one Toab knew had ever been there. As for Toab and his band, they were She-bits. They'd Si.
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... lived farther from the Mormon settlements than the other Paiute bands, but because the Kaibab and Uinkarets had lost so many women, they courted and married Shivwits girls. So the stream of life running through the Shivwits threatened ...
... lived farther from the Mormon settlements than the other Paiute bands, but because the Kaibab and Uinkarets had lost so many women, they courted and married Shivwits girls. So the stream of life running through the Shivwits threatened ...
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... lived too far away—but he let her decide, that was her privilege. Pooeechuts moved with Onchok to Shivwits country, two hundred miles from her home. That was more than ten years ago. And though the world had since started to change ...
... lived too far away—but he let her decide, that was her privilege. Pooeechuts moved with Onchok to Shivwits country, two hundred miles from her home. That was more than ten years ago. And though the world had since started to change ...
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... lived with Onchok's family until this trouble started. He'd joined them to help his brother, but now he was taking charge, it seemed, though Onchok was nominally the family's head. It was as if Toab shook out his brother's bones ...
... lived with Onchok's family until this trouble started. He'd joined them to help his brother, but now he was taking charge, it seemed, though Onchok was nominally the family's head. It was as if Toab shook out his brother's bones ...
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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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