Contents
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From the dust jacket:
This is an exciting story of the treacherous Colorado River and of Major John Wesley Powell, a geologist, who first explored its great depths in 1869. In earlier times, other unknown adventurers may have explored parts of the river, but to Powell goes the honor of traversing its entirety.
Most rivers in America are gentle and placid, but not the Colorado. Indians, trappers, mountain men, gold seekers and pioneers alike feared and hated it--calling it the river of death. Its ferocious streams, hidden rocks, whirlpools and cataracts inspired countless stories. Men sat around their evening campfires entertaining each other with lurid tales of danger.
This book tells the story of the Colorado from Major Powell's first complete exploration to the ways in which man has harnessed such tremendous power to his own use. The civilization of the Southwest in large measure is due to taming the power of this noble, but treacherous river.
Table of Contents:
1. The River of Mystery, p. 1
CLOUDBURSTS AND CANYONS
2. From Glacier to Sea, p. 11
GREEN RIVER
INFANCY
YOUTH
MANHOOD
GRAND CANYON
OLD AGE
3. Man and River, p. 23
CLIFF DWELLERS
BUFFALO HUNTERS
BLUE WATER INDIANS
SEVEN GOLDEN CITIES
BEAVER HATS
A GALLANT TRAPPER
A NEW PROMISED LAND
GOLD AGAIN
BULLWHACKER-BOATMEN
A SOLDIER TRIES
4. Powell, the Man Who Dared, p. 49
5. The Runaway River, p. 61
6. The Giant Chained, p. 70
LAKE MEAD
POWER
OTHER PROJECTS
7. Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, p. 83
From the dust jacket:
This is an exciting story of the treacherous Colorado River and of Major John Wesley Powell, a geologist, who first explored its great depths in 1869. In earlier times, other unknown adventurers may have explored parts of the river, but to Powell goes the honor of traversing its entirety.
Most rivers in America are gentle and placid, but not the Colorado. Indians, trappers, mountain men, gold seekers and pioneers alike feared and hated it--calling it the river of death. Its ferocious streams, hidden rocks, whirlpools and cataracts inspired countless stories. Men sat around their evening campfires entertaining each other with lurid tales of danger.
This book tells the story of the Colorado from Major Powell's first complete exploration to the ways in which man has harnessed such tremendous power to his own use. The civilization of the Southwest in large measure is due to taming the power of this noble, but treacherous river.
Table of Contents:
1. The River of Mystery, p. 1
CLOUDBURSTS AND CANYONS
2. From Glacier to Sea, p. 11
GREEN RIVER
INFANCY
YOUTH
MANHOOD
GRAND CANYON
OLD AGE
3. Man and River, p. 23
CLIFF DWELLERS
BUFFALO HUNTERS
BLUE WATER INDIANS
SEVEN GOLDEN CITIES
BEAVER HATS
A GALLANT TRAPPER
A NEW PROMISED LAND
GOLD AGAIN
BULLWHACKER-BOATMEN
A SOLDIER TRIES
4. Powell, the Man Who Dared, p. 49
5. The Runaway River, p. 61
6. The Giant Chained, p. 70
LAKE MEAD
POWER
OTHER PROJECTS
7. Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, p. 83
Pages
v; 86