Down the Colorado: Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon [Hardcover]

J.W. Powell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin (November 1969)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 004917004X
• ISBN-13: 978-0049170049
• Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 10 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,118,572 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Rafting, July 4, 2011

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M. Rohr "Shoe searcher" (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Down the Colorado: Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon (Hardcover)

Great book in excellent condition for graduation gift for relative going on first rafting trip down the Colorado. Beautiful pictures and excellent text and notes.
Could be a collector's item and valuable addition to a Western explorer's library.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A diary of things lost, March 19, 2002

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Jerald R Lovell (Clinton Township, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Down the Colorado: Diary of the First Trip Through the Grand Canyon (Hardcover)

This book will hurt to read. The Eliot Porter photos show what has been lost to our generation by the grossly irresponsible act of damning Glen Canyon. However the book also shows what has been saved in pictures of the Grand Canyon. May we know by our failure at Glen Canyon what to protect, and why, in the future.

Powell's own narrative, of course, forms the main written portion of the book, and its direct, yet eloquent, writings should remain a strong part of the story of what it is to be an American. Equal parts dry text and awed wonder, it is a must read.

A spiffy book, in the same vein as the acclaimed Sierra Club format series, of which I suspect this book may have been intended to be part. Enjoy this essential part of any Western library.