The Glen Canyon reader
By: edited by Mathew Barrett Gross.
Contributors: Gross, Mathew Barrett, 1972-
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.) -- Description and travel.
Description: In 1963, the damming of the Colorado River near Page, Arizona flooded the Glen Canyon and created Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the Western Hemisphere. This anthology presents more than a dozen contributions from writers describing their experiences of the canyon before its demise.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-200).
Table of contents: title: Excerpt from the Domínguez-Escalante journal / translated by Fray Angelico Chavez, edited by Ted J. Warner; title: The exploration of Glen Canyon / by John Wesley Powell; title: Into Glen Canyon / by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh; title: Nonnezoshe / by Zane Grey; title: Delightful journey / by Barry Goldwater; title: Forbidden passage / by Charles Eggert; title: Visit to a drowning canyon / by Frank L. Griffin; title: The salvage seasons / by Russell Martin; title: Excerpt from all my rivers are gone / by Katie Lee; title: Excerpt from encounters with the archdruid / by John McPhee; title: Lake Powell : jewel of the Colorado / by Floyd Dominy; title: The damnation of a canyon / by Edward Abbey; title: Glen canyon submersus / by Wallace Stegner; title: Excerpt from there was a river / by Bruce Berger; title: Travels with seldom / by Ellen Meloy; title: A far country / by Ann Weiler Walka; title: Let the river run through it / by David Brower; title: Glen Canyon and the persistence of wilderness / by Jared Farmer.