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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... mountain men. Note that I say your father, not you. I know your strengths, and they are steadfast yet patient, strengths of heart above all. We have rations for ten months, and our boats are as soundly constructed as I could wish: three ...
... mountain men. Note that I say your father, not you. I know your strengths, and they are steadfast yet patient, strengths of heart above all. We have rations for ten months, and our boats are as soundly constructed as I could wish: three ...
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... ran east, parallel to mountains to the south, and seemed to be endless, but at least it gave them sun from early morning to late evening. Around a bend, the river pinched, lashed by eddies and crosscurrents and rilled with boulders in 3.
... ran east, parallel to mountains to the south, and seemed to be endless, but at least it gave them sun from early morning to late evening. Around a bend, the river pinched, lashed by eddies and crosscurrents and rilled with boulders in 3.
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... mountains fell away and they could caulk their battered boats with oakum and pitch and preserve their equipment from their enemy, the river. Browns Park was a place where fur trappers once had held their rendezvous, and Wes knew that ...
... mountains fell away and they could caulk their battered boats with oakum and pitch and preserve their equipment from their enemy, the river. Browns Park was a place where fur trappers once had held their rendezvous, and Wes knew that ...
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... mountains and past looming landforms whose secrets had locked up millennia of history. He'd studied erosion, analyzed rocks, read about uplifts, and rejected the notion that earth's scarred and knotted surface was the product of ...
... mountains and past looming landforms whose secrets had locked up millennia of history. He'd studied erosion, analyzed rocks, read about uplifts, and rejected the notion that earth's scarred and knotted surface was the product of ...
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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