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1. GRAND CANYON RIVER GUIDE, by Bill
Belknap
Waterproof for use on the river trip. A mile-by-mile
log of the Grand Canyon river trip from Lees Ferry to
Lake Mead. Rapids are rated, attractions noted,
historic facts and folklore. Many photos and
illustrations. The latest edition with full color
photographs and illustrations.
$20.00
2. GRAND CANYON MAP & GUIDE, by Bronze
Black
The Grand Canyon Map and Guide is a
comprehensive resource for Grand Canyon National
Park, covering the entire Grand Canyon from Lake
Powell to Lake Mead. It contains a thorough review
of geology, plants, animals, and human history.
Beautiful color photographs illustrate many features
and key locations. It is great for sightseeing and
perfect for a day hike, backpack trip, or raft
adventure! This map has been used in educational
exhibits in Grand Canyon National Park as well as
the National Geographic Visitor Center near Grand
Canyon. The Grand Canyon Map and Guide labels
all of the major side canyons, rapids, points along the
rim and all the major buttes, and temples within the
Grand Canyon. Author, Bronze Black has combined
his background in geology, graphic design, and river
running to produce this unique, compact, and
educational map. 2nd edition 2008, 22 x 30 inch
poster, folds to 4.5 x 11 inches, water-proof, tear-
proof.
$10.00
3. OFFICIAL GUIDE TO HIKING THE GRAND
CANYON, by Scott Thybony
This guidebook presents an overview of the major
trails in the Grand Canyon. It provides basic
information needed for planning an inner canyon
hike or a walk along the rim.
$11.95
4. A NATURALIST’S GUIDE TO HIKING THE
GRAND CANYON, by Stewart Aitchison
For novice and experienced hikers alike, this guide
offers a complete compendium of Canyon lore and
practical advice for navigating the challenging depths
of the majestic Grand Canyon. Includes detailed
guides and route maps for hiking 30 Grand Canyon
trails, rated in difficulty.
$8.95
5. ON FOOT IN THE GRAND CANYON - HIKING
THE TRAILS OF THE SOUTH RIM, by Sharon
Spangler
A detailed, interpretive hiking guide to the trails of
the South Rim, woven with a lively narrative and
adventures of real hikers. Sharon’s personal
adventure stories allow the reader to experience the
inner canyon.
$11.95
6. GUIDE TO HIKING THE INNER CANYON, by
Scott Thybony
A nifty guidebook written by one of the foremost
Grand Canyon hikers. Contains descriptions and
maps of major trails and routes in the Grand Canyon,
including the safety, and minimum hiking impact.
$5.95
7. GUIDE TO THE NORTH KAIBAB TRAIL, by
Alan Berkowitz, Grand Canyon natural History
Assoc.
The Kaibab Trail is the only cross-canyon route
between the North and South Rims of the Grand
Canyon. This trail guide covers the route between
the river and the North Rim.
$2.95
8. GUIDE BOOK TO THE SOUTH KAIBAB
TRAIL, by Rose Houk, Grand Canyon Natural
History Assoc.
Covers the trail on the south side of the Colorado
River from Yaki Point on the South Rim to Phantom
Ranch. Rather than a mile-by-mile description, this
guide book is composed of three essays on the
outstanding elements of rock, desert and river
reflected at major stops along the trail. Pocket-sized,
15 pages, with illustrations.
$2.95
9. SOUTH & NORTH BASS TRAIL, by James
Babbit & Scott Thybony, Grand Canyon Nat.
Hist. Assoc.
Since prehistoric times, the Bass trails have been the
main routes into the central region of the Grand
Canyon. This trail guide covers the route between the
river and the North Rim.
$2.95
10. GRANDVIEW TRAIL GUIDE, by John Good
This trail booklet contains a lot of interesting
historical information about copper mining in the
Grand Canyon. The trail is located in the east section
of the park and goes from Grandview Point to
Horseshoe Mesa and then on down to the Colorado
River. The trail was used to access mining claims
around the turn of the century. Similar in style and
format to Bright Angel and Kaibab Trail pamphlets.
$2.95
11. HERMIT TRAIL GUIDE, by Scott Thybony,
Grand Canyon Natural History Assoc.
The Hermit Trail is located in the West Rim area of
the park. It is not a regularly maintained trail. This
guide book has two sections. The first is a trail log
providing straightforward information on the route
and points of interest. The second concerns the
natural and cultural history of Hermit Canyon.
$2.95
12. TRAIL GUIDE TO HAVASU CANYON, By Scott
Thybony, Grand Canyon Natural History Assoc.
This pocket-sized trail guide provides information
about the trails that lead to the village of Supai
located in the bottom of the Grand Canyon of Havasu
Creek. There is a lot of useful and interesting
information about the Havasupai people and their
way of life.
$2.95
13. BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL GUIDE, by Alan
Berkowitz
Anyone hiking from the South Rim down to the
Colorado River on the Bright Angel Trail, will find
this pamphlet extremely helpful. It includes a trail
map as well as mile by mile description of the trail
and the attractions along the way. Nicely illustrated
with photos and drawings. Pocket size to carry
easily.
$2.95
14. RIVER TO RIM: A GUIDE TO PLACE NAMES
ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER IN GRAND
CANYON FROM LAKE POWELL TO LAKE
MEAD, by Nancy Brian
River to Rim tells you how the names of the Grand
Canyon came to be: the record of who named what
and when, quotations from explorers, tourists and
river runners and often the bizarre, funny, or moving
events that gave rise to the names on the maps today.
It tells the story behind the scenery for rapids,
temples, and points along 300 miles of the Colorado
River in Grand Canyon National Park on a mile-by-
mile sequence.
$14.95
15. RIVER RUNNER’S GUIDE TO THE CANYONS
OF THE GREEN & COLORADO RIVERS
WITH EMPHASIS ON GEOLOGIC FEATURES
– Marble Gorge & Grand Canyon – Original 1969
commemorative edition (rare)
$25.00
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16. A FIELD GUIDE TO THE GRAND CANYON, by
Stephen Whitney, 2nd
edition (soft cover)
An extremely comprehensive field guide that includes
birds, wildflowers, cacti, mammals, reptiles and
amphibians, butterflies, trees and shrubs, ferns, rocks,
and fish. Also includes information on fossils, human
artifacts, canyon history, climate, trails and visitor
facilities. Illustrated with color photographs.
$19.95
17. GRAND CANYON: A VISITOR’S
COMPANION, by George Wuerthner
A very good handbook that addresses the history,
geology, ecology, plants, wildlife and geography of
the Grand Canyon region in an interesting and
understandable way. Color plates depict vegetation,
fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals found
in the canyon.
$19.95
18. THE GRAND CANYON, INTIMATE VIEWS,
Robert C. Euler and Frand Tikalsky, eds.
Geology and biology, Indians and explorers, rafting
and hiking - it’s all here in this one handy guide.
Includes, maps, nice photos and diagrams, plus a
bibliography for each subject covered.
$12.95
19. GRAND CANYON VISUAL, by John F. Hoffman
A beautiful magazine-style book that includes
sections on the geography, geology, wildlife, Indians,
history, and physical environment of the Grand
Canyon. Excellent photographs and illustrations,
interesting bits of trivia, a very nice “all-around”
publication about the Grand Canyon.
$7.95
20. DOWNCANYON, by Ann Haymond Zwinger
(Winner of the Western States Book Award for
Creative Nonfiction)
Tracing the seasons of the Grand Canyon through a
full year, Zwinger paints a dynamic portrait of an
immense, ever-changing ecosystem. Zwinger is one
of the best known naturalists currently writing about
the American Southwest.
$18.95
21. THE BEST OF THE GRAND CANYON
NATURE NOTES 1926-1935, Edited by Susan
Lamb
In 1926, Grand Canyon National Park began the
publication of Nature Notes, a monthly collection of
reports and reflections on the natural and human
history of the park. For ten years, early park
naturalists and visiting scientists recorded their
insights into practically everything around them –
from rocks to roses, raccoons to river dynamics – and
published their “notes” for the visiting public. This
anthology presents Nature Notes to the public again
for the first time in decades. A splendid selection of
favorites are featured in this lyrical reprise.
$11.95
22. EARTH NOTES: EXPLORING THE
SOUTHWEST’S CANYON COUNTRY FROM
THE AIRWAVES, Edited by Peter Friederici This book includes some of the all-time favorite Earth
Notes essays in a memorable portrait of a special
place. Whether you are a visitor or a resident, you
will find this book an inspiring look at how the human
culture of the Colorado Plateau rises to the level of the
extraordinary scenery.
$6.95
23. THE GREAT SOUTHWEST NATURE FACT
BOOK, by Susan J. Tweit
From antlions, bats and desert varnish to sagebrush,
salt cedar and yucca, you’ll find interesting facts,
descriptions, and explanations pertaining to the
remarkable plants, animals, and natural features found
in the Grand Canyon and the greater Southwest. Easy
to use alphabetical format. Fun and educational for
the whole family!
$14.95
24. ANCIENT LANDSCAPES OF THE COLORADO
PLATEAU, By Ron Blakey and Wayne Ranney The Colorado Plateau is one of the world's great
showplaces of sedimentary, igneous, and
metamorphic rock. The plateau's rocky landscapes are
home to the greatest concentration of national parks
and monuments in the world. Ancient Landscapes of
the Colorado Plateau highlights the plateau's
magnificent present through unique views of its
fascinating past. It is a groundbreaking book featuring
the geology of the American Southwest in a way
you've never seen it before. This landmark book
features: more than 70 state-of-the-art
paleogeographic maps of the region and of the world,
developed over many years of geologic research
detailed yet accessible text that covers the geology of
the plateau in a way nongeologists can appreciate
more than 100 full-color photographs, diagrams, and
illustrations, a detailed guide of where to go to see
the spectacular rocks of the region 176 pages;
paperback; 9" x 12" October 2008
$34.95
25. LIFE IN STONE, FOSSILS OF THE
SOUTHWEST, by Christa Sadler
Not specific to the Grand Canyon, but covers the
entire Colorado Plateau, where an extraordinary
record of the history of life is preserved in the rock
strata. A story of swamps and oceans, great slow-
moving rivers, windblown sand dunes, tidal flats and
tropical seas comes to life by learning to read fossil
remains. Chapters explore deep time, diversification,
dinosaurs, and fossil hunters. Magazine format with
color photos and illustrations.
$11.95
26. ANATOMY OF THE GRAND CANYON:
PANORMAS OF THE CANYON’S GEOLOGY,
by W. Kenneth Hamblin Author-photographer W. Kenneth Hamblin has
packed a lifetime of geologic study into a volume that
is at once inspiring and instructive, and has given the
reader access to the Grand Canyon's most intriguing
secrets. This is not a textbook, but rather a visual tour
from the canyon's rims, the Colorado River, and the
air; from its beginning at Lee's Ferry to its end 277
miles downstream at the Grand Wash Cliffs.
Supported by text, diagrams, and easy-to-understand
maps, these panoramic photographs tell an amazing
story. 144 pages; hardcover; 11" x 10"
$49.95
27. AN INTRODUCTION TO GRAND CANYON
GEOLOGY, by L. Greer Price
This overview of Grand Canyon geology is perfect for
the first-time visitor or the seasoned Grand Canyon
traveler. Chapters cover the basic priciples of geology,
the history of geological exploration at Grand
Canyon, the canyon's structural features, and the
Colorado River. Includes over 70 photos and
illustrations, an index, and glossary.
64 pages, softcover, 7"x9"
$ 9.95
28. GRAND CANYON’S NORTH RIM AND
BEYOND: A GUIDE TO THE NORTH RIM AND
THE ARIZONA STRIP, by Stewart Aitchison Visiting the Grand Canyon's North Rim is a unique
experience. Just 10 miles across the abyss from the
canyon's busy South Rim, the two settings are worlds
apart. Fewer than 10 percent of park visitors find their
way to the remote North Rim. Sublime beauty, rugged
terrain, and quiet solitude await those who do.
Those who visit the park with this book in hand take
a personal guide. In these pages author Stewart
Aitchison shares his knowledge of the plant and
animal communities, geologic forces, and human
history that set this place apart. And the stories don't
stop at the park's boundary. They stretch across the
broad Arizona Strip to provide insights into the vast
scenery of this little known land. 96 pages;
softcover; 6" x 9" 2008.
$12.95
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29. THE EXPLORATION OF THE COLORADO
RIVER AND ITS CANYONS, by J.W. Powell
Complete reprint of “Canyons of the Colorado”
1895 edition, with supplementary map. This was
the first published account in book format of
Powell’s 1869 discovery journey down the Green
and Colorado Rivers. 150 illustrations and
photographs. Dover Publications.
$12.95
30. A CANYON VOYAGE, THE NARRATIVE OF
THE SECOND POWELL EXPEDITION, by
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
Dellenbaugh (1853-1935) enjoyed a career as an
artist, writer and explorer that began in 1871 when
he joined Powell’s second Grand Canyon expedition
at age seventeen. This book, first published in 1908,
is a detailed account of the venture. This edition
includes photos and illustrations from the original
book.
$16.95
31. A RIVER RUNNER’S GUIDE TO THE
HISTORY OF THE GRAND CANYON, by Kim
Crumbo
An easy reading, interesting depiction of man’s
history in the Grand Canyon. Early river runners,
miners, settlers, fortune hunters, etc. A nice
companion and supplement to Belknap’s Grand
Canyon River Guide.
$9.95
32. RIVER RUNNERS OF THE GRAND CANYON,
by David Lavendar
A 188-page history of river running on the Colorado
River through Grand Canyon, beginning with John
Wesley Powell’s voyages up through the closing of
Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. 75 historical black and
white photographs.
$30.00
33. LIVING AT THE EDGE: EXPLORERS,
EXPLOITERS AND SETTLERS OF THE
GRAND CANYON REGION, by Michael F.
Anderson
A look at the pioneer history of the Grand Canyon
region, from its earliest residents to the creation of
the national park at the end of the pioneer era (circa
1920). Included in this volume are nearly two
hundred historic photographs, many never published
before, and 12 custom maps of the region.
$18.95
34. THERE’S THIS RIVER – Grand Canyon
Boatman Stories, edited by Christa Sadler
Boatmen always have a story to tell. You’ll hear
many of them on your river trip. In the book, you
can read many more. It’s a fun and enjoyable
anthology by people who love the Grand Canyon up
close and personal.
$17.95
35. RECOLLECTIONS OF PHANTOM RANCH,
by Elizabeth J. Simpson
Weary travelers have savored this delightful spot
since the turn of the century. Discover the modern
history of adventures, developers and builders of the
Phantom Ranch area from J. W. Powell’s 1869
expedition forward.
$2.85
36. THE KOLB BROTHERS OF GRAND
CANYON, by William C. Suran
A collection of tales of high adventure, memorable
incidents, and humorous anecdotes. Ellsworth and
Emery Kolb were famous turn-of-the-century
photographers whose adventures at the Grand
Canyon, and whose river journeys from Wyoming to
the Gulf of Mexico are legendary. The book
includes stories of their excursions and many early
photographs.
$7.95
37. POWELL’S CANYON VOYAGE, by W.L.
Rusho
A booklet published in 1969 commemorating the
100th anniversary of Major J.W. Powell’s first trip
(1869) down the Green and Colorado Rivers of the
West. Historian W.L. Rusho uses engravings from
the original articles about the expedition to illustrate
his text. A very readable account about the men, the
boats, and the difficulties of that historical event.
Western Americana collector item.
$8.00
38. THE DOING OF THE THING: THE BRIEF
BRILLIANT WHITEWATER CAREER OF
BUZZ HOLSTROM, by Vince Welch, Cort
conley, and Brad Dimock
Buzz Holmstrom was an unknown service station
attendant from Coquille, Oregon, who made
headlines in 1937 as he navigated over 1,000 miles
of the Green and Colorado Rivers, alone, in a boat
he built and designed by himself. Nine years and
thousands of river miles later, Holmstrom’s body
was found beside the Grand Ronde River in Oregon.
At 37, his story had ended in even greater mystery
than it began. Now, fifty years later, three boatmen
have brought to light a story about rivers and
wooden boats, heroes, humility, unbearable beauty,
solitude, and death.
$20.00
(Soft cover)
$35.00 (Hard cover - collectors
edition)
39. THE CANYONS OF THE COLORADO: THE
1869 VOYAGE DOWN THE COLORADO
RIVER, by Major J. W. Powell, with illustrations
by Thomas Moran and others. Editor, Wiliam R.
Jones, reproduced in 1981.
This is a reprint of an article that was prepared by
Powell as a popular presentation of his river-running
discoveries. It was first printed in 1875 in
Scribner’s Monthly, a national journal of that early
day. The original illustrations are included.
Western Americana collector item.
$10.00
40. THE COLORADO, by Frank Waters
In this classic account of the great Red River of the
West, first published in 1946, Frank Waters attempts
to perceive the nature and presence of a spirit of
place in this immense region and its effects upon
man. From the high country to the delta, from the
conquistadors to the modern inheritors of the
Colorado, Waters traces the expression of the land in
its history and people.
$10.95
41. THE GRAND CANYON, EARLY
IMPRESSIONS, edited by Paul Schullery
This anthology presents a selection of both well-
known and obscure essays on the Grand Canyon that
date from before the turn of the century to the eve of
World War II. The first and last essays deal with
river running, and here we are immersed in the
drama of a Colorado River trip and the feelings of
those people driven by a need to explore and
experience the Canyon from the river.
$6.95
42. THE ENCHANTED LIGHT - IMAGES OF THE
GRAND CANYON, by Barry Thomson
A collection of stunning black and white
photographs of the backcountry. The artist’s
rendition of these canyon profiles, his patient
searching for the exact combination of stone, water,
light and form are all unique reflections of Canyon
time and space.
$7.00
43. EXPLORING THE COLORADO PLATEAU,
Plateau, Vol. 62, No. 3, Museum of No. Arizona
The history of the exploration of the Colorado
Plateau, including first explorers, Spanish
exploration, and the scientific explorations of
Powell, Ives, Kit Carson, and many others.
Interesting reading. Nice photographs and
illustrations in full color.
$5.00
44. GRAND CANYON AND OTHER SELECTED
POEMS, by Amil Quayle
Amil Quayle was born near the Henry’s Fork of the
Snake River in St. Anthony, Idaho, in 1938. In 1961
he ran his first river trip and has been hooked ever
since. He was a full-time guide, mostly in the Grand
Canyon, for many years and earned a B.S. degree in
sociology from the University of Utah. Amil sold
his river business and ranched in Nebraska for seven
years. He then received a M.A. and a Ph.D. in
English from the University of Nebraska and taught
English for Utah State University and Idaho State
University. But his heart is on the river, and he has
been privileged to guide on many trips throughout
his adventurous life. Soft cover, 112 pages.
$15.00
45. UPSET IN UPSET, by Amil Quayle
Amil Quayle, author of Grand Canyon and Other
Selected Poems, is an old boatman who has
been running the river since the 1960’s. This tale is
from his early days as a guide in the Grand Canyon,
a personal narrative of an adventure that seems
implausible, which was made possible by the ever-
changing Colorado River and the spirit of the people
with whom he shared the journey.
$5.00
46. SUNK WITHOUT A SOUND – THE TRAGIC
COLORADO RIVER HONEYMOON OF
GLEN AND BESSIE HYDE by Brad Dimock
Author and boatman Brad Dimock searched the
country for the true story of Glen and Bessie Hyde.
Glen and Bessie began their honeymoon trip down
the Green and Colorado Rivers on October 20, 1928.
They vanished in the canyon without a trace. Brad
Dimock followed each story and obscure lead to its
end, evening going to the extreme of recreating the
Hydes’ archaic craft for a harrowing trip through the
Grand Canyon with his own bride. Sunk Without A
Sound is the riveting tale of the search for Glen and
Bessie Hyde.
$18.00
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47. ALL MY RIVERS ARE GONE: A JOURNEY
OF DISCOVERY THROUGH GLEN CANYON,
by Katie Lee and Introduction by Terry Tempest
Williams
In 1963, the Colorado River was dammed at Glen
Canyon, creating Lake Powell while flooding a great
natural wonder. Like thousands of
environmentalists, Lee would like to see Lake
Powell drained and Glen Canyon restored. She
writes poetically and soulfully of her years as a river
runner in the 1950s and of the beauty, solitude, and
excitement of a wild place visited by very few. As a
folksinger and Hollywood performer in the late
1950s and early 1960s, she protested the damming
of the river to no avail. In response to a letter she
wrote, Sen. Barry Goldwater observed that Arizona's
need for power and water required the dam and
praised the reservoir's potential for recreation and
beauty. That being the predominant mindset
throughout Western expansion, it now seems
surprising that there is support, in the form of the
Sierra Club and Glen Canyon Institute, for the
dismantling of some dams and water projects and
that the people involved in the original works now
think they may have been wrong.
$18.00
48. THE GRAND CANYON READER, by Lance
Newman
This superb anthology brings together some of the
most powerful and compelling writing about the
Grand Canyon--stories, essays, and poems written
across five centuries by people inhabiting, surviving,
and attempting to understand what one explorer
called the "Great Unknown." The Grand Canyon
Reader includes traditional stories from native
tribes, reports by explorers, journals by early
tourists, and contemporary essays and stories by
such beloved writers as John McPhee, Ann Zwinger,
Edward Abbey, Terry Tempest Williams, Barry
Lopez, Linda Hogan, and Craig Childs. Lively tales
written by unschooled river runners, unabashedly
popular fiction, and memoirs stand alongside finely
crafted literary works to represent full range of
human experience in this wild, daunting, and
inspiring landscape.
$19.95
49. THE COLORADO RIVER: FLOWING
THROUGH CONFLICT, text by Jonathan
Waterman, photography by Peter McBride
Supplying vital water to more than 30 million
Americans living in the arid West, the Colorado
River is one of the most diverted, dammed, and
heavily litigated rivers in the world. In full-color
photo essay format, The Colorado River: Flowing
Through Conflict, follows the river’s epic 1,450-
mile journey from its headwaters high in the
Colorado Rockies to its dried-up delta touching the
Sea of Cortez. With striking photography and
authoritative prose, Peter McBride and Jonathan
Waterman illuminate the historical, geographical,
and environmental significance of this life-giving
river.
$27.95
50. THE VERY HARD WAY: BERT LOPER AND
THE COLORADO RIVER, by Brad Dimock
Signed copies available.
Bert Loper was born in 1869 the very day that
Major John Wesley Powell discovered the
confluence of the San Juan and the Colorado Rivers.
Loper spent much of his life devoted to those two
streams. But it was never easy. Orphaned and
abused, Loper worked most of his life at the very
bottom, the nameless grunt in hard rock mines, the
sore-backed shoveler on a placer bar, the
subsistence rancher on a lonely gravel delta in Glen
Canyon. Whatever Loper got, he got the very hard
way. But on the muddy whitewater streams of the
Southwest, Loper found a joy, a thrill, and a peace.
By the time he died at his oars in a Grand Canyon
rapid at eighty, he had covered more river, run more
boats, and known more rivermen than anyone. Two
weeks before he vanished in the Colorado, the very
first motorboat had run Grand Canyon – bookending
Loper’s incredible career.
$17.95
51. EVERY RAPID SPEAKS PLAINLY: THE
SALMON, GREEN, AND COLORADO RIVER
JOURNALS OF BUZZ HOLMSTROM
(COLORADO RIVER CHRONICLES), by Buzz
Holmstrom, edited by Brad Dimock
Signed copies available.
Buzz Holmstrom amazed the country in 1937 when
he built his small wooden boat and rowed, solo,
down the thousand rapid-choked miles of the Green
and Colorado Rivers. Yet he soon returned tot the
obscurity of Coquille, Oregon, and faded from the
memories of all but a few whitewater boatmen.
In 1998 Wince Welch, Cort Conley, and Brad
Dimock pubslihed their award-winning biography of
Holmstrom, The Doing of the Thing.
Interest in Holmstrom soared far beyond the small
world of whitewater, The biography is well told, but
it is Holmstrom’s own writing, sensitive and
perceptive, witty yet humble, that sets Holstrom
$15.95
apart from his peers and gives him a place in our
hearts.
Now Brad Dimock has faithfully transcribed
Holmstrom’s own journals and letters of
Holmstrom’s journeys down the Salmon and Snake
Rivers in 1936, and the Green and Colorado in ’37
and ’38. The accounts of Holmstrom’s three
companion sin 1938 round out the tale.
For those who already know of Holmstrom and want
more, and for those who have yet to meet him,
Every Rapid Speaks Plainly provides a fuller and
deeper look into one of America’s premier boatmen.
52. THE BRAVE ONES: THE JOURNALS AND
LETTERS OF THE 1911-1912 EXPEDITION
DOWN THE GREEN AND COLORADO
RIVERS BY ELLSWORTH L. KOLB AND
EMERY C. KOLB INCLUDING THE
JOURNAL OF HUBERT R. LAUZON,
transcribed and edited by William C. Suran,
foreword by Brad Dimock
Signed Copies Available.
In 1911, The Kolb brothers, Emery and Ellsworth,
young photographers living on the South Rim of
Grand Canyon, conceived a preposterous
expedition: although neither of them knew much
about whitewater, they had two wooden rowboats
built, and proposed to row them the entire eleven
hundred miles of the Green and Colorado Rivers.
The trip was not solely for thrills. They planned to
make not just still and stereo photographs, but
moving pictures as well.
In early September they launched from Green River,
Wyoming. For the next four and a half months, the
brothers rowed, careened, roped, dragged, and
carried their boats through and around the rapids,
often finding themselves swimming in the freezing
river, patching and repatching their boats, and
salvaging what film and equipment they could from
their flooded hatches.
Their first assistant left in tears after the first week,
but was replaced on the last leg of the journey by
stalwart Bert Lauzon, a miner, cowboy, and
roustabout. Against all odds, the three men emerged
from Grand Canyon in January, 1912, with
photographs and movies they would show and sell
for the next sixty years.
Here for the first time are their on-the-spot accounts,
transcribed from the journals they penciled late at
night along the shore. Theirs is a tale of
phenomenal courage, terrific luck, and dogged
perseverance. And in spite of unending hardship,
the brothers had nearly as much fun doing it back
then, as you will have following along nearly a
century later.
$15.95
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53. JOHN WESLEY POWELL AND THE
ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE CANYON
COUNTRY, by Don Fowler, Robert C. Euler,
& Catherine S. Fowler
From 1868 to 1879, John Wesley Powell devoted
part of his time to a study of the Indians of the
Canyon Country. The Prehistoric human history
of the Grand Canyon region is briefly described
here by Euler. The origins of the Indians in the
Canyon Country are portrayed by the Fowlers, and
brief accounts are presented using Powell’s notes
on Indian customs, practices, and beliefs.
$2.00
54. HAVASUPAI HABITAT: A.F. WHITING’S
ETHNOGRAPHY OF A TRADITIONAL
INDIAN CULTURE, edited by S. A. Weber
and P. D. Seaman
The Havasupai Indians have lived for centuries in
Havasu Canyon, a branch of the Grand Canyon.
When anthropologist Alfred F. Whiting set out to
study the Havasupai in the early 1940's, he found a
culture that in many aspects had remained
unchanged since before the coming of the White
Man. Havasupai life has changed in the years
since Whiting studied it: modern conveniences
abound, tourism prospers, and the reservation
extends up onto the plateau. In light of this,
Whiting’s work stands as a unique perspective on
life ways now lost to time.
$15.00 (Hard Cover)
55. CANYON COUNTRY PREHISTORIC
INDIANS, by F. A. Barnes and M. Pendleton
A well-illustrated guide to the prehistoric cultures
of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. It
lists ruins, rock art sites, and museums containing
artifacts.
$5.95
56. PEOPLE OF THE PLATEAU, Plateau, Vol.
64, No. 4, Museum of Northern Arizona
The people of the Plateau belong to separate
tribes, speak different languages, and practice their
own customs. Yet they are all linked by points of
commonality, shared beliefs that wed them to one
another in important ways. With beautiful
photographs, this magazine-style book captures
the spirit of the ancient plateau inhabitants and the
three traditions of Havasupai, Hopi, and Navajo.
$6.95
57. BEFORE THE ANASAZI, Plateau, Vol. 61 No.
2, Museum of Northern Arizona
A nice booklet with the latest information about
the prehistoric people of the Colorado Plateau.
Very interesting with nice full color photographs
and illustrations. Includes descriptions of the
Clovis people, the Folsom people, the Plano
Culture, and the Pleistocene Big-Game Hunters.
$5.00
58. IMAGES ON STONE, Plateau, Vol. 55, No. 2,
Museum of Northern Arizona
The subject of this issue of Plateau is the
prehistoric rock art of the Colorado Plateau.
Chapters include the distinction between
petroglyphs and pictographs, an analysis of the
various rock art styles and techniques, how the
rock art is dated, and a list of rock art sites on the
Colorado Plateau. Many nice photographs in full
color.
$5.00
59. THE BASKET WEAVERS; ATRISIANS OF
THE SOUTHWEST, Plateau, Vol. 53, No. 4,
Museum of Northern Arizona
This issue reviews basketry among native
populations of the Southwest. Construction,
design, function, and symbolism are discussed as
the art of basket weaving changes throughout time
and struggles to survive. Photos show the
creativity, variety, and richness of this craft art.
$5.00
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60. GRAND CANYON BIRDS, by Bryan T.
Brown, Steven W. Carothers, and R. Roy
Johnson, University of Arizona
The Grand Canyon is more than a natural wonder,
it is an avian environment unlike any other in the
world. Rising six thousand feet from river to rim,
it comprises a variety of habitats that host more
than 300 species of birds. At few other places will
you find birds of the deep forest only one short
mile (albeit vertical) from those of the arid desert.
$5.00
61. RIVER AND DESERT PLANTS OF THE
GRAND CANYON, by Kristin Huisinga, Lori
Makarick, and Kate Watters
The Grand Canyon’s isolation, great elevational
range, and position at the convergence of three
North American deserts – the Mojave, Sonoran,
and the Great Basin – have created unique habitats
for an unusual assemblage of plants. Some grow
at seeps and springs, others emerge from cracks in
the bedrock, and still others inhabit sandbars
within reach of the Colorado River’s scouring
currents. This book is the first comprehensive
field guide devoted to the plants that live below
the canyon rims, describes more than 300 plan
species, including ferns, grasses, forbs, shrubs, and
trees.
$22.00
62. SPRING WILDFLOWERS OF NORTHERN
ARIZONA, Plateau, Vol. 55, No. 3
Detailed presentation of the colorful wildflowers
that decorate the landscape of northern Arizona
during spring time.
$5.00
63. FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE LAKE
MEAD REGION, by various authors
This attractive publication includes color photos
and descriptive texts of the most commonly seen
plants in the Lake Mead region. Divided into
sections according to flower color.
$3.00
64. 100 DESERT WILDFLOWERS OF THE
SOUTHWEST, by Janice Emily Bowers
An easy reference for 100 wildflowers typical of
the Arizona and New Mexico regions.
Categorized by color, each flower is described and
interesting facts are given.
$4.95
65. DESERT TREE FINDER, by May Theigaard
Watts
A pocket-size manual for identifying trees of the
southwest deserts (cactus, etc.) This book guides
you through a step-by-step process of elimination
until you correctly identify common desert trees.
Tree identification is really easy and fun!
Illustrated. Non-technical language.
$1.50
66. 70 COMMON CACTI OF THE
SOUTHWEST, by Pierce C. Fischer
Cacti are some of the most dramatic flora of the
Southwest. Get acquainted with the Saguaro, the
Hedgehog, and the Queen of the Night. Crisp,
full-color photographs accompany each
description. This handy guide is complete with
glossary and indexing by common and Latin
name.
$7.95
67. 100 ROADSIDE WILDFLOWERS OF
SOUTHWEST UPLANDS IN NATURAL
COLOR, by Natt N. Dodge
This booklet describes wildflowers found between
4500-7500 feet in the Southwest. Good
description and color photo of each species.
$3.50
68. POISENOUS DWELLERS OF THE DESERT,
by Natt Dodge
It is the purpose of this booklet to discuss
accurately the various poisonous dwellers of the
desert, as well as to debunk some of the
superstitions and misunderstandings which have
developed. A final chapter deals with harmless
creatures that are often believed to be poisonous.
$2.50
69. 50 COMMON REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS
OF THE SOUTHWEST, by J. Hanson and
Roseann Beggy Hanson
Did you know that a snake breathes only through
their skin? In this guide, you’ll meet these and
more fascinating snakes, lizards, toads, frogs, and
turtles.
$7.95
70. SNAKES, LIZARDS & TURTLES OF THE
LAKE MEAD REGION, by Russell K Grater
An interesting and informative booklet on the
various reptiles of the Lake Mead area. Each
species of snake, lizard and turtle is described.
Over 40 color photographs. Attractive format.
$5.95
71. THE INTIMATE DESERT, by Walter O’Kane
Habits of more than 30 birds and mammals and an
equal number of plants are briefly and
imaginatively described.
$8.50
72. MAMMALS OF THE SOUTHWEST, by
Lendell Cockrum, University of Arizona
The Southwest is inhabited by more kind of
creatures than road runners, gila monsters, and
tarantulas. Mammals make their home here as
well, and this handy guide helps you identify
them.
$5.95
73. 50 COMMON BIRDS OF THE SOUTHWEST,
by Richard L. Cunningham
Birding is one of the most popular and fastest
growing outdoor recreational activities in the
United states and the Southwest, with its varietal
habitats, boasts a number of species. The
dramatic photographs and description in this
book will help you jump on the birding
bandwagon and add the curve-billed thrasher, the
cactus wren, a Gila woodpecker, and 47 others to
your checklist.
$7.95
74. BIRDS OF PREY ON THE COLORADO
PLATEAU, Plateau, Vol. 63, No. 3 Museum of
Northern Arizona
In recent decades, scientists have come to
recognize that the raptors (birds of prey), from
their position at the top of the food web, provide
us with commanding view of the overall health of
the ecosystem they occupy. Birds of prey play a
critical role because they serve as barometers of
ecological health and change on the Colorado
Plateau. Read this book to learn about the
relationships among raptors, the various birds of
prey on the Colorado Plateau, how they adapt to
changing conditions, etc.
$5.00
75. THE DESERT BIGHORN, ITS LIFE
HISTORY, ECOLOGY, AND
MANAGEMENT, Monson and Sumner,
Editors This book is a comprehensive study by 16
contributing authors that offers hard-to-find facts
on the elusive desert bighorn. Natural history,
physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and
ecological consideration are covered in depth, as
well as guidelines for field identification,
transplantation, and habitat protection, making
this an effective “Bighorn Bible” necessary for
safeguarding these species.
$14.95
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76. WILDLIFE OF THE COLORADO
PLATEAU, Plateau, Vol. 57, No. 4 and Vol.
58, No. 1, by Steven W. Carothers, published
by the Museum of Northern Arizona
This issue discusses the habitat, wildlife, and
wildlife management of the Colorado plateau.
Because of evolution, many plant and animal
species in this region are habitat-specific and can
be found nowhere else in the world. This
magazine enlightens the reader to these diverse
populations, their habitats, and man’s influence
in their environment.
$5.95
77. WILDERNESS AREAS OF THE
COLORADO PLATEAU, Plateau, Vol. 60,
No. 4, Museum of Northern Arizona
This issue of Plateau pertains to designated
wilderness. There is a discussion of the
Wilderness Act, a description of areas set aside
as wilderness, proposed wilderness areas, and the
future of wildlands on the Colorado Plateau.
Good reading for anyone interested in the
wilderness issues of today.
$5.00
78. THE LAST OF THE GREAT
EXPEDITIONS, Plateau, Vol. 58, NO. 4,
Museum of Northern Arizona
This is the story of the Rainbow Bridge /
Monument Valley Scientific Expedition of 1933-
38. Historic photographs document the difficulty
and adventure encountered by the
anthropologists, geologists, and biologists who
ventured into this harsh land. They added to our
store of knowledge about man, his history, and
his environment.
$5.00
79. THE FINE YOUNG CHIEF, Native
America’s Coyote on the Colorado Plateau,
Pleateau, Vol. 61, No. 1, Museum of Northern
Arizona
This is a wonderful book focusing on the stories,
myths, and legends surrounding Coyote, and his
importance to the native American people who
inhabit the Colorado Plateau. Gorgeous
illustrations.
$5.00
80. BENEATH THE RIM: A photographic
Journey Through the Grand Canyon, by C.C.
Lockwood, Luisiana State University Press
A “coffee table book” with brilliant photographs
that enable the reader to share Lockwood’s
adventures in the Grand Canyon, including
riding a mule to Phantom Ranch, trout fishing in
Nankoweap Creek, hiking in Matkatamiba
Canyon, running the rapids of the Colorado
River, and more. A favorite of our guides
(especially those who are featured in some of the
photographs).
$39.95 (Hard Cover)
81. PIECES OF WHITE SHELL, A JOURNEY
TO NAVAJOLAND, By Terry Tempest
Willliams
A warm, sensitive, informative, and delightful
journey to the land of the Navajo through the art
of storytelling. The author recounts the myths,
legends, and beliefs of the Navajo people and
leads us to know the importance of such
tradition in sustaining the people though times of
change. The stories tie the people to their land.
Terry shows us how we can find our own
history, our own traditions, our sense of how to
live well. Recipient of many literary awards,
including best non-fiction, American Southwest
Literature, 1986.
$14.95
82. COYOTE’S CANYON, Stories by Terry
Tempest Williams, photographs by John
Telford
Evokes the beauty and the mystery of the Four
Corners desert canyons, home to Navajo and to
the Anasazi, who came before, and spiritual
homeland to the Coyote Clan, thousands of
individuals who draw nourishment from this
land. “This is an intimate meditation on one of
the Earth’s most extraordinary landscapes, and it
is one of the most beautiful books we’ve ever
published,” says Gibbs Smith. Acid-free paper.
$15.95
83. EVERETT RUESS: A VAGABOND FOR
BEAUTY, by W. L. Rusho, introduction by
John Nichols, afterword by Edward Abbey
Everett Ruess was a young poet and artist who
disappeared into the desert of southern Utah in
1934. He has become widely known
posthumously as the spokesman for the spirit of
the high desert. Those who knew him (including
photographers Ansel Adams, Edward Weston,
and Dorothea Lange) and those who know his
writings have been inspired by Ruess’ intense
search for adventure and beauty.
$9.95
84. THE DESERT, by John C. Van Dyke
The first paperback publication of this classic
account of the aesthetic qualities of the desert
environment of the southwestern United States.
First published in 1901, the book has been widely
acclaimed by Lawrence Clark Powell, Joseph
Krutch, and other noted writers on the beauties of
the desert as the first and best of the American
desert appreciations.
$4.95
85. HOUSE IN THE SUN, by George Olin
Written for young readers to help them understand
and appreciate the desert, Olin’s book is very
informative as he instructs the reader about what a
desert is, plant and animal life it contains, and
fragile biological inter-relationships it sustains.
$3.95
86. THE WOVEN SPIRIT OF THE
SOUTHWEST, by Don and Debra McQuiston,
with text by Lynne Bush and photography by
Tom Till
The spectacular landscape of the Southwest has
long influenced the gorgeous weavings of the
Navajo people who lived there. With stunning,
full-color images and a vivid text interspersed with
Native American legends, “the Woven Spirit of
the Southwest reveals how the ancient weaving
traditions have evolved through time to create
beautiful, invaluable, and enduring works of art.
$19.95
87. ON NATURE’S TERMS, CONTEMPORARY
VOICES, edited by Thomas J. Lyon and Peter
Stine
Today, many of us seek a connection with Nature
that is meaningful and comforting. In this book,
some of the most observant American naturalists of
our day explore the world of Nature in powerful
essays that show the vitality and range of
contemporary nature writing.
$16.95
88. GHOSTS OF GLEN CANYON: HISTORY
BENEATH LAKE POWELL, by C. Gregory
Crampton
“Better than memories, perhaps, and not so
heartbreaking, we have the historic record, here
compiled by C. Gregory Crampton, of what was
lost when we allowed the flooding of Glen Canyon.
It was vitally important that such a record be made,
not merely for the sake of our curiosity about the
past, but for the sake of our conduct in the future”
Edward Abbey.
$14.95
89. THE COLORADO RIVER THROUGH GLEN
CANYON BEFORE LAKE POWELL:
HISTORIC PHOTO JOURNEY 1872-1964,
compiled and edited by Elinot Inskip of Moab,
Utah, Inskip Press, 1996
Already considered a “rare-book” because of the
limited number of copies printed, the beautiful
format, and the quality paper and printing, this
nostalgic publication is an extraordinary visual
history of Glen Canyon. There is a modern-day map
of Lake Powell with buoy markers that identify the
place where each photograph was taken, allowing the
reader to compare today’s lake with
history’s canyon.
$25.95
90. PEBBLE CREEK, BY Amil Quayle
For long-time river guide, Amil Quayle, Pebble
Creek is a retreat outpost, and observation center
from which he conducts his field studies. Poised on
the edge of things, he looks many ways, downward
to the ravaged city below, around him at nature in its
precarious condition, backward in time to family and
ancestors, and into his own soul.
$12.00
91. UTAH THEN AND NOW, by Tom Till
Contemporary Re-photography by Tom Till with
essays by former Salt Lake City major Ted Wilson.
In this spectacular large format, hard cover book,
Tom Till has made contemporary photos of Utah
sights and scenes that were photographed long ago.
This book is a genuine collector’s volume comparing
today’s landscapes with what used to be there. It is
also a testament to Till’s fortitude in tracking down
the places in the old photos.
$50.00
92. LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS: SAVING OUR
CHILDREN FROM NATURE-DEFICIT
DISORDER, by Richard Louv
In his landmark work Last Child in the Woods,
Richard Louv brought together cutting-edge studies
that pointed to direct exposure to nature as essential
for a child’s healthy physical and emotional
development. Now this new edition updates the
growing body of evidence linking the lack of nature
in children’s lives and the rise in obesity, attention
disorders, and depression. Louv’s message has
galvanized an international back-to-nature campaign.
His book will change the way you think about our
future and the future of our children.
$14.95
93. TWO WORLDS: RECOLLECTIONS OF A
RIVER RUNNER, by Vaughn Short
By the frothing, wild water deep in the Grand
Canyon, to the pine covered peaks of old Apache
Land and with a touch of Alaska thrown in come
these tales told in both poetry and prose. Herein lies
sorrow and laughter, truth and fantasy, adventure
and misadventure all written in that same quaint,
homey style used by the author when telling tales
around the campfire.
$ 15.95
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94. RIVER RUNNERS OF THE GRAND CANYON The history of River Running in the Grand Canyon
on DVD or Video. “River Runners” traces the
evolution of an adventure that is unique to the
American West. From its origins in Native
American myths to the development of a major
recreational industry that it is today, it is the story
of people testing their limits in one of the most
spectacular places on Earth. Produced by Don
Briggs, a photographer, filmmaker, and river guide
who has spent more than two decades on the
Colorado River.
$29.95
(Available
on DVD
or Video)
95. GRAND CANYON – A MULTIMEDIA
ADVENTURE THROUGH A NATURAL WONDER
OF THE WORLD One hundred miles of rafting on the Colorado River;
Miles of hiking, including the well-named "Death
March"; A helicopter ride up and out of one of the
natural wonders of the world. What do you get when you
combine 14 friends, 2 guides, the Grand Canyon and the
Colorado River? The multimedia adventure known as:
Cecil Does the Grand Canyon Holding a Poptart!
Featuring hi-def videos, hundreds of pictures, maps and a
story worthy of a fantasy series (!), this picturesque
journey will let you experience a trip through the Grand
Canyon...or relive one of your own.
$2.99
Available on
iTunes
FEATURES:
- Double-tap
screen for
guide;
- Epic
slideshows!;
- Videos and
photos adjust to
iPad, iPhone,
iPod...portrait
and landscape;
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