The Emerald Mile the epic story of the fastest ride in history through the heart of the Grand Canyon
The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
2013.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Fedarko, Kevin, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Emerald Mile : |b the epic story of the fastest ride in history through the heart of the Grand Canyon / |c Kevin Fedarko. |
| 250 | |a First Scribner hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Scribner, |c 2013. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2013 | |
| 300 | |a 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, map ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-398) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part 1. The world beneath the rims. First contact ; The grand old man ; Into the great unknown -- Part 2. America's pyramids. The kingdom of water ; Flooding the cathedral -- Part 3. The sweet lines of desire. Dories ; The golden age of guiding ; Crystal genesis ; The death of the Emerald Mile -- Part 4. The master of the Emerald Mile. The factor ; Speed ; Thunder on the water -- Part 5. The gathering storm. Deluge ; Into the bedrock ; The mouth of the dragon ; Raising the castle walls -- Part 6. The maelstrom. The grand confluence ; The white demon ; Ghost boat ; The doing of the thing -- Part 7. The speed run. The old man himself ; Perfection in a wave ; The reckoning ; Beneath the river of shooting stars ; Tail waves ; The trial ; Epilogue: The legend of the Emerald Mile. | |
| 520 | |a The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river. | ||
| 586 | |a Reading the West Book Awards, Nonfiction, 2014. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Grua, Kenton, |d 1950-2002. |
| 651 | 0 | |a Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.) | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Floods |z Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Rapids |z Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Boaters (Persons) |v Biography. | |
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