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Brave the wild river : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon / Melissa L Sevigny.

Summary:
The story of two pioneering female botanists, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, and their historic 1938 boat trip down the Colorado River which led them to be the first to survey and catalog the plant life of the Grand Canyon.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393868234
  • Physical Description: 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Stranded -- On the Borders of Precipices -- Have You Seen That River? -- A Mighty Poor Place for Women -- There Goes the Mexican Hat! -- A Beautiful Pea-Green Boat -- Delayed -- Hell, Yes! What River? -- Paradise -- A Most Unusual and Hazardous Means -- A Hundred Personalities -- Lonely for the River -- Heaven As I Go Along -- Legendary -- Epilogue: A Woman's Place.
Subject: Jotter Cutter, Lois, 1914-2013 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Clover, Elzada U., 1897-1980 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Jotter, Lois > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Nevills Expedition (1938)
Botany > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Plant collecting > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Scientific expeditions > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Botanists > Arizona > Grand Canyon > Biography.
Women travelers > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Discovery and exploration.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Description and travel.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Discovery and exploration.
Genre: Travel writing.
Biographies.

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  • 26 of 32 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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