How The Canyon Became Grand

Author : Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101177586
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Canyon Became Grand written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dismissed by the first Spanish explorers as a wasteland, the Grand Canyon lay virtually unnoticed for three centuries until nineteenth- century America rediscovered it and seized it as a national emblem. This extraordinary work of intellectual and environmental history tells two tales of the Canyon: the discovery and exploration of the physical Canyon and the invention and evolution of the cultural Canyon--how we learned to endow it with mythic significance.Acclaimed historian Stephen Pyne examines the major shifts in Western attitudes toward nature, and recounts the achievements of explorers, geologists, artists, and writers, from John Wesley Powell to Wallace Stegner, and how they transformed the Canyon into a fixture of national identity. This groundbreaking book takes us on a completely original journey through the Canyon toward a new understanding of its niche in the American psyche, a journey that mirrors the making of the nation itself.

Author : Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0140280561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Canyon Became Grand written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dismissed by the first Spanish explorers as a wasteland, the Grand Canyon lay virtually unnoticed for three centuries until nineteenth- century America rediscovered it and seized it as a national emblem. This extraordinary work of intellectual and environmental history tells two tales of the Canyon: the discovery and exploration of the physical Canyon and the invention and evolution of the cultural Canyon--how we learned to endow it with mythic significance.Acclaimed historian Stephen Pyne examines the major shifts in Western attitudes toward nature, and recounts the achievements of explorers, geologists, artists, and writers, from John Wesley Powell to Wallace Stegner, and how they transformed the Canyon into a fixture of national identity. This groundbreaking book takes us on a completely original journey through the Canyon toward a new understanding of its niche in the American psyche, a journey that mirrors the making of the nation itself.

Author : Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788197550
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Canyon Became Grand written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by . This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jim O'Connor
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448483572
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Is the Grand Canyon? written by Jim O'Connor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are canyons all over the planet, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona is not the biggest. Yet because of the spectacular colors in the rock layers and fascinating formations of boulders, buttes, and mesas, it is known as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Starting with a brief overview of how national parks came into being, this book covers all aspects of the canyon--how it formed, which early native people lived there, and what varied wildlife can be found there now. A history of the canyon's end-to-end exploration in the late 1860s and how the Grand Canyon became such a popular vacation spot (5 million tourists visit every year) round out this informative, easy-to-read account.

Author : L. Greer Price
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Grand Canyon Geology written by L. Greer Price and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for the first-time visitor or the seasoned traveler. Includes sections on the geologic records, regional geology, plate tectonies and the Colorado River.

Author : Michael Patrick Ghiglieri
Publisher : Puma Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Over the Edge written by Michael Patrick Ghiglieri and published by Puma Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping accounts of all know fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural wonders.

Author : Colin Fletcher
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804152446
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Walked Through Time written by Colin Fletcher and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable classic of nature writing by the first man ever to have walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon.

Author : Steve Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grand written by Steve Miller and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling the story of the Colorado River from Lees Ferry to Mile 236 in more than 300 spectacular color photos and expert commentary, "The Grand" makes excellent use of Miller's more than 30 years of rafting experience to present the Canyon from a highly unique perspective.

Author : Clarence Edward Dutton
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816521814
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tertiary History of the Grand Ca–on District written by Clarence Edward Dutton and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic geological study of the Grand Canyon, commissioned by the fledgling U.S. Geological Survey, is admired today as much for its literary qualities as for its scientific value.

Author : Ellsworth Leonardson Kolb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico written by Ellsworth Leonardson Kolb and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: