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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... walls causes birds to exhaust themselves before they can fly out, with the result that they drop back senseless into the canyon; or that powerful waves of the Colorado River can knock a large hawk out of the sky. I told the men such ...
... walls causes birds to exhaust themselves before they can fly out, with the result that they drop back senseless into the canyon; or that powerful waves of the Colorado River can knock a large hawk out of the sky. I told the men such ...
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... walls rose in red bluffs and the noontime sun flamed off the sandstone and the river caught its light and spread it like a rash. The No Name entered the rapids now, and twisting around Wes saw it jumping like a deer jumping logs, and ...
... walls rose in red bluffs and the noontime sun flamed off the sandstone and the river caught its light and spread it like a rash. The No Name entered the rapids now, and twisting around Wes saw it jumping like a deer jumping logs, and ...
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... wall of water. "We're lost, boys, we're lost!" He stood to full heightfive foot four—and shaking his head, laughed ... walls of water, and now it was just a never-ending breathless race. Wes stood again. Below him, Bill Dunn with the ...
... wall of water. "We're lost, boys, we're lost!" He stood to full heightfive foot four—and shaking his head, laughed ... walls of water, and now it was just a never-ending breathless race. Wes stood again. Below him, Bill Dunn with the ...
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... walls shrank and the 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 ...
... walls shrank and the 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 ...
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... walls,which grew darker as they plunged, answering the brilliance in this valley with gloom. Standing here,it felt impossible toresist the sepia theol- ogy, the allegory of the chromos, thefamiliar parables of light anddark. Although ...
... walls,which grew darker as they plunged, answering the brilliance in this valley with gloom. Standing here,it felt impossible toresist the sepia theol- ogy, the allegory of the chromos, thefamiliar parables of light anddark. Although ...
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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