Grand Canyon: True Stories of Life Below the Rim (Travelers' Tales) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Sean O'Reilly (Editor), James O'Reilly (Editor), Larry Habegger (Editor) "NIGHT ON THE TONTO, A PLATEAU SUNK DEEP WITHIN THE GRAND Canyon..." (more)
Key Phrases: Grand Canyon, Colorado River, South Rim (more...)

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Product Description

The Grand Canyon is unspeakably beautiful and indeed awesome to even the casual beholder on the Rim. But to those who linger, those who explore beyond the vistas to hike the Canyon's layers or raft the Colorado River in its depths, the Grand Canyon is a temple of personal discovery, a deep Himalaya that can only be experienced to be believed. And experience it you can through the words of our authors, who turn the adage on its head: "A story is worth a thousand pictures."

Notable authors include: Pagee Stegner, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Willliams, Ann Zwinger, Stewart Udall, and Colin Fletcher.

Product Details

• Paperback: 281 pages
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides; 1st edition (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885211341
• ISBN-13: 978-1885211347
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,205,366 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whet your appetite for the Grand Canyon, July 29, 2001

By	Bruce Cline "Just a Reader" (Littleton, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are looking for a tasty sampling of writings about the Grand Canyon this may be your book. In its 253+ pages you get the flavor of writings by dozens of authors, and enough of each flavor for you to decide whether you've had enough with that one taste, or if you need to digest that author's entire work. The writings range from serious to the silly, from inspirational to scary, and from experiential to philosophical. There's probably something here for everyone - a vast variety of perspectives and experiences from canyon rim to beyond the river's edge. None of the selections are over 16 pages (and many far shorter) so even if you're less than delighted with any of them you're quickly on to the next. This is a surprisingly quick and delightful read, and you'll probably get to the end wishing for more.

This book is designed to give you enough interest in the Grand Canyon from an armchair perspective to induce you to actually go there. Accordingly there are 14 pages of information devoted to The Next Step - what you need to know to visit and safely enjoy the real Grand Canyon.

Read the book and then go!