The River Is Mine [Paperback]

Ardian Gill (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 301 pages
• Publisher: Local Color Press (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971660700
• ISBN-13: 978-0971660700
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,446,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurately based on a genuine historical episode, October 9, 2002

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

This review is from: The River Is Mine (Paperback)

Ardian Gill's The River Is Mine is a superbly crafted novel of John Wesley Powell's 1869 exploration of the Green and Colorado rivers and the Grand Canyon. Vibrantly and vividly told, embracing both the expedition's hardships and the majesty of the Grand Canyon itself, The River Is Mine is a highly recommended, powerful presented, and emotionally involving fictionalization which is accurately based on a genuine historical episode of 19th Century American exploration.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some thoughts on "The "River is mine", June 10, 2002

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george f. kraus (tarrytown, ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The River Is Mine (Paperback)

I marvel at the language I find in this narrative. It seems to move with the river and follow its powerful flow through a land that is both marvelous and frightening. Perhaps this clear, fluent language is the result of Mr. Gill's years of examining things through a camera lense and bringing images to light in darkrooms. Mr. Gill is obviously armed with the perfect vocabulary to write this book of men's actions on the big brown god full of dragons and sacred places where light and word converge to produce a beautiful narrative.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars River view, February 25, 2003

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Alida Tavernier - See all my reviews

This review is from: The River Is Mine (Paperback)

The River is Mine: A refreshing splash of foolhardy pioneer derring-do. Based on the diary of one member of the party, we join the band of suicical explorers plunging blindly down uncharted waters with high hopes of succeeding either in making the headlines of history or the obits.