Over the Edge:  Death in Grand Canyon
Flagstaff, AZ-based authors Ghiglieri, a biologist who leads  river trips in the Grand Canyon and abroad, and Myers (Fateful  Journey: Injury and Death on Colorado River Trips in Grand  Canyon), a medical doctor who has treated hundreds of Canyon  injuries, have compiled a fascinating chronicle of deaths and  dangers in Grand Canyon National Park. The book is arranged by  category falls, dehydration, floods, the Colorado River, air  crashes, freak accidents, suicides, and murder and at the end of  each chapter is a chronological list with names, descriptions,  and causes of the accidents. The authors show that most of the  deaths, whether of tourists, prospectors, or experienced  adventurers, occurred when people failed to pay attention to  warning signs or did not use common sense; others are attributed  to high testosterone levels. The episodes are engrossing, but  one becomes sated with the details after a while. For public and  large academic libraries. George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ.,  Lewisburg PACopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.