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Running dry : a journey from source to sea down the Colorado River / Jonathan Waterman.
Author
Waterman, Jonathan
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2010]
©2010
Description
305 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 map (color ; 34 x 27 cm, folded to 9 x 5 cm)
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Available Online
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Lewis Library - Stacks
F788 .W28 2010
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Description and travel
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Waterman, Jonathan
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Travel
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico).
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Travel writing
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travelog (performed works genre)
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travelers’ writings
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Summary note
Waterman takes an unprecedented journey down the Colorado River, paddling in his kayak and hiking on foot, all 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to its Mexican delta.
Notes
Col. map, entitled Colorado River Basin, lifeline for an arid land (34 x 27 cm., folded to 22 x 14 cm), , partially affixed to p. [3] of cover.
Includes index.
Contents
The grand ditch
Moving water through mountains
Onto a nonnavigable river
Home waters
Pandora's box
Canyonlands
Lake Foul or jewel of the Colorado?
Of dads, lawns, and dams
The Grand Canyon chub
The lights of Las Vegas
Major Powell versus rampant growth
Birds and farms
The Mexican delta.
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ISBN
9781426205057 ((hbk.))
1426205058 ((hbk.))
LCCN
2010001704
OCLC
303041757
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