High, wide, and handsome : the river journals of Norman D. Nevills /

High, wide, and handsome : the river journals of Norman D. Nevills /

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<DIV> When he started taking paying passengers by boat through the rapids of the Colorado River's canyons, Norman Nevills invented whitewater tourism and the commercial river business. For twelve years, from 1938 until his death in a plane crash in 1949, he safely took, without a single l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Webb, Roy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Nevills, Norman D., > 1908-1949 > Diaries.
Nevills, Norman D., > 1908-1949.
White-water canoeing > West (U.S.)
Rivers > West (U.S.)
SPORTS & RECREATION > Canoeing.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Rivers.
White-water canoeing.
United States, West.
Diaries.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Introduction; Cataract and Grand Canyons, June 20 to August 1, 1938; Green River through the Grand Canyon, June 17 to August 22, 1940; Grand Canyon, July 14 to August 5, 1941; Grand Canyon, July 12 to August 7, 1942; Salmon River, July 11 to August 3, 1946; Snake River, August 4 to August 17, 1946; Green River, June 16 to July 5, 1947; Grand Canyon, July 10 to August 5, 1947; Grand Canyon, July 11 to August 5, 1948; Green River, June 19 to July 3, 1949; Grand Canyon, July 12 to July 31, 1949; Coda, Monday, September 19, 1949; A Note On The Sources; Notes; Index.