Customer Review: I started reading this book while on vacation in Mexico and was enthralled from the moment I picked the book up. The writing style is a tiny bit hard to digest in the beginning, but clears up and gives you a very thorough, easy to follow narrative of the Colorado. The drawings in the book... more info
Customer Review: John Wesley Powell was a voice of reason in the settlement of the West. He is listed as a conservationist, although he was more of an administrator and planner than a conservationist. He advocated for the conservation of water supplies in the West because it would result in more equitable and... more info
Customer Review: This book will hurt to read. The Eliot Porter photos show what has been lost to our generation by the grossly irresponsible act of damning Glen Canyon. However the book also shows what has been saved in pictures of the Grand Canyon. May we know by our failure at Glen Canyon what to protect, and why,... more info