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Brave the wild river : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon  Cover Image Book Book

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

Summary:

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. Journalists and veteran river runners boldly proclaimed that the motley crew would never make it out alive. But for Clover and Jotter, the expedition held a tantalizing appeal: no one had yet surveyed the plant life of the Grand Canyon, and they were determined to be the first. Through the vibrant letters and diaries of the two women, science journalist Melissa L. Sevigny traces their daring forty-three-day journey down the river, during which they meticulously cataloged the thorny plants that thrived in the Grand Canyon's secret nooks and crannies. Along the way, they chased a runaway boat, ran the river's most fearsome rapids, and turned the harshest critic of female river runners into an ally. Clover and Jotter's plant list, including four new catus species, would one day become vital for efforts to protect and restore the river ecosystem. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393868234
  • ISBN: 0393868230
  • ISBN: 9781324076117
  • ISBN: 1324076119
  • Physical Description: 290 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date, and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 281-290).
Formatted Contents Note:
Stranded -- On the borders of precipices -- Have you see 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 -- A woman's place.
Subject: Clover, Elzada U., 1897-1980 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Jotter Cutter, Lois, 1914-2013 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949 > Travel > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Botanists > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Women travelers > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Botany > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Plant collecting > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Scientific expeditions > Arizona > Grand Canyon > History > 20th century.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Discovery and exploration.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Discovery and exploration.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Description and travel.
Genre: Travel writing.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 13 of 20 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Montgomery City Public.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 20 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Montgomery City Public Library 578.097 SEV (Text) 31927000032626 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 11/18/2024


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