Running Dry: A Journey from Source to Sea Down the Colorado River

by Jonathan Waterman

Book Overview

In 1869, John Wesley Powell led a small party down the Green and Colorado Rivers in a bold attempt to explore the Grand Canyon for the first time. After their monumental expedition, they told of raging rapids, constant danger, and breathtaking natural beauty of the American landscape at its most pristine. Jon Waterman combines sheer adventure and environmental calamity in this trailblazing cautionary account of his 2008 trip down the overtaxed, drying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426205058
• ISBN13: 9781426205057
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.3"