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Map
Nature
General Overview
River History
Modern Boatmen
Upstream and Downstream
Big Picture of Western Water
Periodicals
Map
Grand Canyon River Guide
by Buzz Belknap
96 pages
Westwater Books, 1969, 2005
ISBN: 0916370100
$19.95
-Waterproof, excellent map, much human and natural history,
copiously illustrated, frequently updated. This book is provided
to you complimentary at your orientation. If you would like to
receive your book ahead of time, please call the office to request
the book.
Nature
Grand Canyon: A Natural History Guide
by Jeremy Schmidt
256 pages
Mariner Books 1993
ISBN: 0395599326
$16.95
-good, all around natural history guide
River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon
by Kristin Huisinga, Lori Makarick, and Kate Watters
Pages: 263
Mountain Press Publishing Company 2006
ISBN: 0-87842-523-3
$22.00
-the ultimate for Grand Canyon plants (by an AzRA guide!)
An Introduction to Grand Canyon Ecology
by Rose Houk
56 pages
Grand Canyon Association 1980
ISBN: 0938216546
$6.95
-great into to ecosystem
An Introduction to Grand Canyon Geology
by L. Greer Price
64 pages
Grand Canyon Association 1999
ISBN: 0938216686
$6.95
-the basics of Grand Canyon geology
An Introduction to Grand Canyon Prehistory
by Christopher M. Coder
56 pages
Grand Canyon Association 2000
ISBN: 0938216708
$6.95
-archaeology and early Native Americans
Life In Stone: Fossils of the Colorado Plateau
Christa Sadler
72 pages
Grand Canyon Association 2005
ISBN: 0938216813
$7.95
-Ancient life in Grand Canyon and surrounding country
Carving Grand Canyon: Evidence, Theories, and Mystery
Wayne Ranney
160 pages
Grand Canyon Association 2005
ISBN: 0938216821
$11.95
-the latest theories on how Grand Canyon was formed
General Overview
Grand Canyon: Little Things in a Big Place
by Ann Zwinger
79 pages
University of Arizona Press 2006
ISBN: 0816524327
$14.95
-A wonderful narrative from a river view
Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River Through Grand Canyon
by Ann Zwinger
335 pages
University of Arizona Press 1995
ISBN: 0816515565
$19.95
-natural history and stories along the river
How the Canyon Became Grand: A Short History
by Stephen J. Pyne
240 pages
Penguin 1999
ISBN: 0140280561
$15.00
-the evolution of how Grand Canyon has been perceived over the last 500 years.
Colorado River Reader
by Richard F. Fleck
190 pages
University of Utah Press 2000
ISBN: 087480647X
$17.95
-a great anthology of Colorado River writings
Living at the Edge: Explorers, Exploiters and Settlers of the Grand Canyon Region
by Michael F. Anderson
184 pages
Grand Canyon Association, 1998
0938216554
$18.95
-Grand Canyon history from the Rim view.
River History
Hell or High Water: James White's Disputed Passage through Grand Canyon, 1867
by Eilean Adams
226 pages
Utah State University Press 2001
ISBN: 0874214254
$10.00
-Did James White float through Grand Canyon two years before Powell? You decide.
Powell
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
by John Wesley Powell
432 pages
Penguin Classics 2003 (1875 orig.)
ISBN: 0142437522
$13.00
-Powell's timeless narrative of his trips.
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
by Wallace Stegner
496 pages
Penguin 1992 (1953 orig.)
ISBN: 0140159940
$16.00
-The classic Powell biography
A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
by Donald Worster
688 pages
Oxford University Press 2002
ISBN: 0195156358
$22.50
-The newest and most authorative Powell biography
Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery
by Edward Dolnick
400 pages
Harper Perennial, 2002
ISBN: 0060955864
$13.95
-A great narrative of Powell's first voyage by a modern writer.
Seeing Things Whole: The Essential John Wesley Powell
by John Wesley Powell, William deBuys (Editor)
401 pages
Island Press, 2004
ISBN: 1559638737
$16.00
-Excellent compendium of Powell's writings
A Canyon Voyage: Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition...
by Frederick Dellenbaugh
277 pages
University of Arizona Press, 1984 (1908 0rig.)
ISBN: 0816508801
$17.95
-The story of Powell's second voyage by its youngest member.
Stanton
Grand Canyon, a Century of Change: Rephotography of the 1889-1890 Stanton Expedition
by Robert H. Webb
290 pages
University of Arizona Press 1996
ISBN: 0816515786
$27.95
-The 1889 railroad survey, its photos, and an analysis of the same views 100 years later.
Kolb
Kolb Brothers of Grand Canyon: Being a Collection of Tales of High Adventure, Memorable Incidents and Humorous Anecdotes
by William C. Suran
60 pages
Grand Canyon Association 1991
ISBN: 0938216384
$7.95
-an overview of two Grand Canyon photographers
The Brave Ones: The Journals of the 1911-12 Expedition Down the Green and Colorado Rivers
by E. L. Kolb (Author), Emery Clifford Kolb (Author), William C. Suran (Editor)
200 pages
Fretwater Press 2001
ISBN: 1892327120
$15.95
-The journals from the Kolb brothers' 1911 Grand Canyon voyage.
Hyde
Sunk Without a Sound : The Tragic Colorado River Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde
by Brad Dimock
304 pages
Fretwater Press 2001
ISBN: 1892327988
$18.00
-The definitive version of the Hyde's mysterious disappearance in 1928 (by an AzRA guide!)
Holmstrom
The Doing of the Thing: The Brief, Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom
by Vince Welch, Cort Conley, Brad Dimock
304 pages
Fretwater Press 2004
ISBN: 1892327074
$16.95
-A moving tale of the first person to solo the river. (by an AzRA guide!)
Every Rapid Speaks Plainly: The Salmon, Green, and Colorado River Journals of Buzz Holmstrom
by Brad Dimock (Editor)
280 pages
Fretwater Press 2003
ISBN: 1892327384
$15.95
-The journals of Buzz Holmstrom (see above)
Nevills
High Wide And Handsome: The River Journals of Norman D. Nevills
by Roy Webb, editor
320 pages
Utah State University Press 2005
ISBN: 0874216036
$21.95
-The journals of the first commercial boatman, 1938-1949
Modern Boatmen
Breaking into the Current: Boatwomen of the Grand Canyon
by Louise Teal
178 pages
University of Arizona Press 1994
ISBN: 0816514291
$17.95
-Tales of the earliest female boatmen (by an AzRA guide!)
There's This River: Grand Canyon Boatman Stories
edited by Christa Sadler
264 pages
This Earth Press 2006
ISBN: 0977698300
$17.95
-great stories ad told by the boatmen who work there.
Upstream and Downstream
Glen Canyon Betrayed, A Sensuous Elegy
by Katie Lee
296 pages
Fretwater Press, 2006
ISBN: 1892327066
$16.95
-A heartfelt story of love and loss of Glen Canyon (anti-dam)
Glen Canyon Dammed: Inventing Lake Powell and the Canyon Country
by Jared Farmer (Author)
269 pages
University of Arizona Press, 1999
ISBN: 0816518874
$27.95
-The history of damming Glen Canyon (pro-dam)
Hoover Dam: An American Adventure
by Joseph E. Steven
336 pages
University of Oklahoma Press, 1990
ISBN: 0806122838
$14.95
-The definitive story of why the last 40 miles of Grand Canyon is under a reservoir.
Big Picture of Western Water
A River No More: The Colorado River and the West, Expanded and Updated edition (Paperback)
by Philip Fradkin
372 pages
University of California Press; Revised edition, 1996
ISBN: 0520205642
$24.95
-The whole Colorado drainage and what has happened to it.
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
by Marc Reisner
608 pages
Penguin; Revised edition, 1993
ISBN: 0140178244
$17.00
-A terrific portrait of the exploitation of water in the West
Periodicals
Boatman's Quarterly Review
Journal of Grand Canyon River Guides, Inc.
Box 1075
Flagstaff, AZ 86002
$25 per year with membership
-excellent source of current Grand Canyon events, history, science, and oral histories. Subscribe!
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