Brave The Wild River : the untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon / Melissa L. Sevigny.

By:

Sevigny, Melissa L, 1986- [Author]

Material type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Audience:

Juvenile
Adolescent

ISBN:

9781324076117 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

578/.09 23

Contents:

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.

Summary: Traces the forty-three-day journey of pioneering botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, who in the summer of 1938, set out to catalogue the plant life of the Grand Canyon. Recounts the obstacles they faced from misogynistic doubters and the Colorado River's dangerous rapids, their successful endeavor to painstakingly identify all the plant species in the canyon, and the trip's legacy for future conservation efforts in the region.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Idaho Springs Public Library	ANF	578.09 SEV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	30404100301371

new book 2025 spring.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Traces the forty-three-day journey of pioneering botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, who in the summer of 1938, set out to catalogue the plant life of the Grand Canyon. Recounts the obstacles they faced from misogynistic doubters and the Colorado River's dangerous rapids, their successful endeavor to painstakingly identify all the plant species in the canyon, and the trip's legacy for future conservation efforts in the region.