River notes : a natural and human history of the Colorado / Wade Davis.

River notes : a natural and human history of the Colorado /

"Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world's most regulated river, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucson, and San Diego, and much of the power and water of Los Angeles and Phoenix, cities that are home to more than 25 million people. If it cease...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Wade
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
River engineering > Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) > History.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • In 1922, having completed work on the first
  • A single fact of geography defines the American West.
  • In the early morning light the landing at Lees Ferry
  • In 1539, two years before Hernando Cortes
  • The Zuni first saw the world
  • The reservoir behind Glen Canyon Dam
  • Photographs of Powell taken in his prime
  • Earth, we now know, was born of stardust
  • As the early morning light fell upon the river
  • In a remarkable and unexpected way
  • At mile twelve the canyon is already five hundred feet
  • With Shanaâ€?s help I try to make sense of the river.Six days into the trip, we made camp
  • Many of the sites on the river remained to be seen
  • The fate of the Colorado and the Grand Canyon
  • The Grand Canyon viewed from space
  • When I last saw Shana
  • My last image of the Grand Canyon
  • Acknowledgments
  • Further Reading
  • Index

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