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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... stopped to watch Ora take a bearing and scribble on his sketchpad. Wes had been teaching him the meander system for mapping their course: compass bearings at every bend, the distance between bends approximated, approximations compared ...
... stopped to watch Ora take a bearing and scribble on his sketchpad. Wes had been teaching him the meander system for mapping their course: compass bearings at every bend, the distance between bends approximated, approximations compared ...
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... stopped shaking and sat there peacefully awaiting his demise from rising water. Moments later, it seemed, the Emma Dean shot onto the sandbeside them and they grabbed it instinctively, as if it wouldn't stop. Jack Sumner had rowed out ...
... stopped shaking and sat there peacefully awaiting his demise from rising water. Moments later, it seemed, the Emma Dean shot onto the sandbeside them and they grabbed it instinctively, as if it wouldn't stop. Jack Sumner had rowed out ...
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... and rubbing his cheeks with soft, patient strokes. He was still doing that when his brother came back, when Hawkins's song had stopped, when the men had all turned in. Next morning, Hawkins's call of "Roll out" woke exactly no 40.
... and rubbing his cheeks with soft, patient strokes. He was still doing that when his brother came back, when Hawkins's song had stopped, when the men had all turned in. Next morning, Hawkins's call of "Roll out" woke exactly no 40.
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... stopped and sat and waited for bits of themselves to catch up. Some pieces were back there, slower than the rest. They walked all morning on mosdy level ground that snaked around encroaching canyons. Tall ponderosas gave way to stunted ...
... stopped and sat and waited for bits of themselves to catch up. Some pieces were back there, slower than the rest. They walked all morning on mosdy level ground that snaked around encroaching canyons. Tall ponderosas gave way to stunted ...
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... stopped and waited for Toab to catch up. Pinch him! cried his sister. Instead, he offered Toab a juniper berry, held it to his mouth. Toab snapped it up. Then down: down rocks to a narrowledge, down through fissures in the cliff face ...
... stopped and waited for Toab to catch up. Pinch him! cried his sister. Instead, he offered Toab a juniper berry, held it to his mouth. Toab snapped it up. Then down: down rocks to a narrowledge, down through fissures in the cliff face ...
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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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