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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... shouting and Jack Sumner rowing air and Bill Dunn pulling so hard on his oars that a tholepin popped out and clattered to his feet. He dropped down to pick it up. Between Bill in the bow and Jack in the stern, Wes waved his stump and ...
... shouting and Jack Sumner rowing air and Bill Dunn pulling so hard on his oars that a tholepin popped out and clattered to his feet. He dropped down to pick it up. Between Bill in the bow and Jack in the stern, Wes waved his stump and ...
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... shouted in his ear, "What the devil are you doing?" "Major Powell, sir, I can't make the fucker fit!" Just moments ago they'd been drifting in a dream on a placid tilt of river, a bubble's downward sag. Below and beyond it, peaks of ...
... shouted in his ear, "What the devil are you doing?" "Major Powell, sir, I can't make the fucker fit!" Just moments ago they'd been drifting in a dream on a placid tilt of river, a bubble's downward sag. Below and beyond it, peaks of ...
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... shouted Andy. Bill Dunn shot to his tent for a pistol, but the coyote turned back, looking over his shoulder. He'd loped off briskly the same way he'd come before Bill could fire. "Smart as whips," he declared. "Taste like skunk, though ...
... shouted Andy. Bill Dunn shot to his tent for a pistol, but the coyote turned back, looking over his shoulder. He'd loped off briskly the same way he'd come before Bill could fire. "Smart as whips," he declared. "Taste like skunk, though ...
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... couldn't run. They turned it into a race. The oarsmen rowed hard to skim the river like birds, and the ruddermen in the rear steered with their long oars, fac ing forward and shouting directions. Every now and then Wes 26 5.
... couldn't run. They turned it into a race. The oarsmen rowed hard to skim the river like birds, and the ruddermen in the rear steered with their long oars, fac ing forward and shouting directions. Every now and then Wes 26 5.
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A Novel John Vernon. ing forward and shouting directions. Every now and then Wes in the pilot boat ran ahead to scout the river, then signaled for the others. On terraces from which enormous cliffs leaped, the rock was a deep brownish ...
A Novel John Vernon. ing forward and shouting directions. Every now and then Wes in the pilot boat ran ahead to scout the river, then signaled for the others. On terraces from which enormous cliffs leaped, the rock was a deep brownish ...
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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