Deep Black [Paperback]

Robb Magley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002

Colorado's Black Canyon, the nation's newest National Park, is steeper and narrower than the Grand Canyon. There are many places where dangerous rapids fill the entire space between the walls. The Black Canyon was not conquered until 1901 when William Torrence and Abraham Lincoln Fellows completed the first full passage of the canyon using a rubber boat for some portions of the trip. Robb Magley traces the unique history of the Black Canyon, but not content with archival research, the author and a friend took their own adventure on foot through thirty-three miles of the narrow canyon. The adventure required seventy six river crossings and almost cost them their lives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Western Reflections Pub Co; 1 edition (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890437689
• ISBN-13: 978-1890437688
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,683,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( L ) > Lincoln, Abraham
  • #90 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > Specialty Travel > Adventure > General

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Historical Travel Adventure !!!, August 15, 2002

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This review is from: Deep Black (Paperback)

Told from a refreshingly honest and unjaded viewpoint - unlike many adventure travel writers, this author does not try to impress us mere readers by mentioning other trips he may have taken in exotic foreign countries. The book explores Magley's relationship with the Black Canyon in Colorado and the research he undertakes to find out more about the first explorers there, but Magley takes the reader on many other side adventures - what do we (the paying public) really expect from National Parks? How does that differ from what our ancesters expected from the same area 200 years ago? And, what do the author and his friend do when exploring the river turns life threatening? This is a great read.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forcefully illustrates the power, majesty, and danger, September 7, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Black (Paperback)

Deep Black: An Adventure Through The Black Canyon by travel and nature writer Robb Magley is both an extensively researched history and a thrilling saga of personal challenge. Magley recounts the history of Colorado's Black Canyon, a part of the Colorado country whose dangerous rapids were not conquered until 1901. In addition to thorough archival research, the author's own journey on foot through all thirty-three miles of a canyon that is steeper and narrower than the more famous Grand Canyon, the reader is deftly introduced to seventy-six river crossings, and informed of a brush with death that forcefully illustrates the power, majesty, and danger of this great natural resource and wonder.

5.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable and interesting read., July 27, 2011

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BobNM (Farmington, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Black (Paperback)

Deep Black was great reading, one of those books you don't want to put down until it is finished. Having been acquainted with Black Canyon for many years this book answered questions that had been a puzzle to me for a long time. Robb's diligence in learning about the history relating to the trip made by A.L. Fellows and W. Torrence was much appreciated and it was interesting to learn that even writers in the early 1900's could not refrain from spicing up their stories. The first hand account the reader gets of the experience Robb and Michael had in traveling through the canyon makes one appreciate even more the task undertaken by Fellows and Torrence.