dolnick edward 1952 (1 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: very good half-sized dust-jacket, cover price $27.50, attractive copy, near fine hardcover with illustrated covers, the dust-jacket is a half-sized wrap around band not full-size. DOLNICK, EDWARD. Down the great unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon. New York: HarperCollins, 2001, stated First Edition, and 1st printing number line ending with 1, viii, 367pp., . Draws on the journals of the great explorer of the Grand Canyon to offer a detailed account of his meticulous, often perilous journey through the famous canyon. - CONTENTS: The challenge -- The crew -- The launch -- Ashley Falls -- Paradise -- Disaster -- Shiloh -- The hornests' nest -- Hell's half mile -- Fire -- The first milestone -- Hoax -- Last taste of civilization -- Trapped -- "Hurra! Hurra! Hurra!" -- Outmatched -- Flash flood -- To the Taj Mahal -- Grand Canyon -- Time's abyss -- The great unknown -- Sockdolager -- Fight -- Misery -- Separation rapid -- Deliverance -- The vanishing. 9780060196196 ISBN 006019619X.