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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... reached its crisis. Wes had to sit when his boat rose and hung suspended in time, remitted from gravity, but shaking like a peak about to blow. She seemed to keep rising while water crashed through her, her forward momentum still ...
... reached its crisis. Wes had to sit when his boat rose and hung suspended in time, remitted from gravity, but shaking like a peak about to blow. She seemed to keep rising while water crashed through her, her forward momentum still ...
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... reached for the sky, stretching prodigiously, then paced in a circle, peered up at the cliffs, inspected the river. At last he walked back and rejoined the group, sitting next to Frank Goodman. "How come you didn't bail?" he asked the ...
... reached for the sky, stretching prodigiously, then paced in a circle, peered up at the cliffs, inspected the river. At last he walked back and rejoined the group, sitting next to Frank Goodman. "How come you didn't bail?" he asked the ...
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... arc and the men upstream released one end of the doubled stern rope and it whipped through the ring and the boat cut through water, slashing left and right past Walter and Andy until, slowing, it reached the end of their 18.
... arc and the men upstream released one end of the doubled stern rope and it whipped through the ring and the boat cut through water, slashing left and right past Walter and Andy until, slowing, it reached the end of their 18.
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A Novel John Vernon. and Andy until, slowing, it reached the end of their bow line and they hauled it in. Wes paced the bank, anxious and distracted, until the next boat was ready. Lining down the boats took all morning, then they had to ...
A Novel John Vernon. and Andy until, slowing, it reached the end of their bow line and they hauled it in. Wes paced the bank, anxious and distracted, until the next boat was ready. Lining down the boats took all morning, then they had to ...
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... reached for his boots with his right arm before realizing it was missing. He'd been listening to Emma play a Schubert impromptu—no, he'd been searching the forests of his Wisconsin boyhood for an enormous yellow pine bent over in an ...
... reached for his boots with his right arm before realizing it was missing. He'd been listening to Emma play a Schubert impromptu—no, he'd been searching the forests of his Wisconsin boyhood for an enormous yellow pine bent over in an ...
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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