A Mad, Crazy River - Running the Grand Canyon in 1927 (Paperback)


When Clyde Eddy first saw the Colorado River in 1919, he vowed that he would someday travel its length. Eight years later, Eddy recruited a handful of college students to serve as crewmen and loaded them, a hobo, a mongrel dog, a bear cub, and a heavy motion picture camera into three mahogany boats and left Green River, Utah, headed for Needles, California. Forty-two days and eight hundred miles later, they were the first to successfully navigate the river during its annual high water period. This book is the original narrative of that foolhardy and thrilling adventure.

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When Clyde Eddy first saw the Colorado River in 1919, he vowed that he would someday travel its length. Eight years later, Eddy recruited a handful of college students to serve as crewmen and loaded them, a hobo, a mongrel dog, a bear cub, and a heavy motion picture camera into three mahogany boats and left Green River, Utah, headed for Needles, California. Forty-two days and eight hundred miles later, they were the first to successfully navigate the river during its annual high water period. This book is the original narrative of that foolhardy and thrilling adventure.

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Imprint

University of New Mexico Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

March 2012

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

March 2012

Authors

Introduction by

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

232

ISBN-13

978-0-8263-5155-5

Barcode

9780826351555

Categories

LSN

0-8263-5155-7



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