Bibliograph

The last canyon, John Vernon

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The last canyon, John Vernon

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The last canyon

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

John Vernon

Summary

A historical novel about John Wesley Powell's nineteenth-century expedition through the Grand Canyon. In 1869, John Wesley Powell set out on a voyage of exploration through the Grand Canyon, the last great expedition of discovery in US history. In this vivid novel, John Vernon intertwines two stories-that of Powell and his crew, and that of a band of Paiute Indians, known as the Shivwits, who lived on the north rim of the canyon. As the novel moves inexorably toward a violent encounter between the two groups, Vernon deftly leads us into perilous geographical and emotional territory in a story of triumph, hardship, bravery, and loss

Target audience

adult

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