Brave the wild river : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon / Melissa L Sevigny.
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]
- Copyright: ©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. |
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Genre: | Travel writing. Biographies. |
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Albright Memorial Library | 917.913 SEVIGNY (Text) | 50686016300944 | Adult Nonfiction | On Holds Shelf | - |
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | 917.913 SEV (Text) | 37268003178852 | AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | 917.9132 SEV (Text) | 33240004694850 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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In Memoriam of Charles M. Flaig
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Boyertown Community Library | 580.92 SEV (Text) | 33249025666060 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 578.097 S511b (Text) | 85131001877134 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Carbondale Public Library | 917.913 SEVIGNY (Text) | 50688010867159 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Dalton Community Library | 917.913 SEVIGNY (Text) | 50689010461191 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 04/01/2024 |
Exeter Community Library | 580.92 SEV (Text) | 33249025539788 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
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