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Brave the wild river the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon

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"The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoo...

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Main Author: Sevigny, Melissa L., 1986- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Clover, Elzada U., > 1897-1980 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Jotter Cutter, Lois, > 1914-2013 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Nevills, Norman D., > 1908-1949 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Women travelers > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Botanists > Arizona > Grand Canyon > Biography.
Botany > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Plant collecting > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Scientific expeditions > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Discovery and exploration.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Discovery and exploration.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Description and travel.
Travel writing.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Stranded
  • On the borders of precipices
  • Have you seen that river?
  • A mighty poor place for women
  • There goes the Mexican hat!
  • A beautiful pea-green boat
  • Delayed
  • Hell, yes! What river?
  • Paradise
  • A most unusual and hazardous means
  • A hundred personalities
  • Lonely for the river
  • Heaven as I go along
  • Legendary
  • Epilogue: A woman's place.

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