Running dry : a journey from source to sea down the Colorado River / Jonathan Waterman.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.Description: 305 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 map (col. ; 34 x 27 cm. , folded to 9 x 5 cm.)ISBN:- 9781426205057 (hbk.)
- 1426205058 (hbk.)
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- F788 .W28 2010
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| F786 .W87 Dust Bowl : the southern plains in the 1930s / | F788 .M167 2011 The Colorado River : flowing through conflict / | F788 .O84 2017 Where the water goes : life and death along the Colorado River / | F788 .W28 2010 Running dry : a journey from source to sea down the Colorado River / | F799 .W42 2009 The Spanish frontier in North America / | F800 .W4 1982 The Mexican frontier, 1821-1846 : the American Southwest under Mexico / | F804 .S25 G53 1983 The Santa Fe and Taos colonies : age of the muses, 1900-1942 / |
Includes index.
LC copy does not include folded map.
Waterman takes an unprecedented journey down the Colorado River, paddling in his kayak and hiking on foot, all 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to its Mexican delta.
The grand ditch -- Moving water through mountains -- Onto a nonnavigable river -- Home waters -- Pandora's box -- Canyonlands -- Lake Foul or jewel of the Colorado? -- Of dads, lawns, and dams -- The Grand Canyon chub -- The lights of Las Vegas -- Major Powell versus rampant growth -- Birds and farms -- The Mexican delta.
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