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Glen Canyon

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If you've ever experienced the pain of not being able to travel somewhere you desperately wanted to go, then "Glen Canyon" is for you. Steven Hannon has crafted a work that would make James Michener a fan. By drawing on his own life experience and education, he is able to draw us into the lives of three friends who once traveled through the magnificent Glen Canyon, an experience which changed their lives. They devise a plan to restore the canyon to the state Nature intended, and are confronted with problems of varying degrees along their route. The real beauty of this book is that, in Michenerian style, it educates the reader as to how the unlikely folly of Glen Canyon Dam became reality, how easily different forces could undue it, and some amazingly technical science that would be a spoiler to explain. Also, this book is a must for anyone who has ever spent time on the water under sail.

If you enjoyed Edward Abbey's great novel The Monkey Wrench Gang you will be greatly rewarded by reading this Fat Masterpiece. Wow! This novel is extremely rich in detail about Glen Canyon's history - long before The Dam, as well as about the construction of the dam itself. And in the mix is a first-rate thriller of a novel with inspiring characters, suspense, and a wholly-satisfying ending. I can only hope and pray the author is a prophet!

I bought the book the day it showed up at the store. Fantastically well researched on the technical side. (nearly a Clancy novel in it's technical detail) The novelist is obviously still new at his craft as some of the writing seems a bit strained, but the story and plot are exceptionally well thought out as well as supported by all the technical detail. I not only will read it again, I've already passed it on to several friends with a strong recommendation to read it. Glen Canyon deserves to be brought back to life and Lake Foul drained... hopefully by non-nuclear means... Read it.

It's many pages seemed imposing, but once I got started I was hooked. The inundation of Glen Canyon was a tragedy, but the Colorado River waits. And I await the return of Glen Canyon.

The first 200 pages of this 632 page book was so detailed that I wanted to just get on with it. The last 400 I could hardly take a breath or put it down. I know the country pretty well but someone unacquainted with Canyon Country needs the introduction to get a sense of what is here. Accurate science and geography, a very mature way of removing what Ed Abby could have only raved about, GLEN CANYON DAM! I have met the author (it is one of our llamas on the back cover) and I didn't realize how talented he is. Recommendation: Read the book, See the canyon.

Glen Canyon by Steven Hannon is an intricately woven novel surrounding the conviction that the free flow of the Colorado River should be restored through exquisite Glen Canyon, which now languishes under Powell Reservoir behind the Glen Canyon Dam. The narrative's detail reflects exhaustive research concerning the building and structural integrity of the Dam. Keeping with his ideology of environmental concern, the book is printed on 100% recycled fiber, acid and chlorine free. This is a GREAT book!

You will love this book. Having spent many a summer on Lake Powell, I've often wondered what lies below the waterline. During the recent years of drought, we have gotten a glimpse of what it all must have looked like in a pristine condition.

The image the author paints of the destruction of that abomination called Laughlin is worth the price of admission!

Read a book written by someone who obviously has a passion for the area. Well worth your time!

I was given this big thick book for christmas; my wife knows I'm a longtime fan of Edward Abbey and the Monkey Wrench Gang, and a longtime lamenter of the paradise lost of Glen Canyon. Well, this book is just splendid. So rich in details about the canyon and the dam. And then the action and suspense of the story! Man, I could not put this big fat heavy book down! Right up to the end I was in doubt about the outcome. Nerve-wracking! And indeed the outcome is as hoped-for, completely satisfying. A "happy ending" without being sentimental. This book is so impressive in its scope and breadth; it must have taken the author many years to research and write. I can't wait to go down to Utah to see that damn dam. After reading this book I feel like Glen Canyon and the dam are, well, a part of me. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to every fan of Ed Abbey. Ed himself, I am sure, would have loved it. Way to go Steven!