Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon

By: Ryan, Kathleen J.

Book Overview

With 15 of today's finest literary writers as your guides, this book will take you into the depths of the Grand Canyon for a ride you will never forget. For 12 days and 180 miles on the river, I am... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087358709X
• ISBN13: 9780873587099
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Northland Publishing
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.9" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

I Did It All in the Grand Canyon

Very good reading, with excellent comments on the Grand Canyon, the experiences of rafting the river and essays on how the canyon touches people in different ways. I have just completed an 8 day trip of over 280 miles in the canyon and experienced every emotion and awe-inspiring moment described in the book. The photographs are worth the purchase price alone. A must read before and after taking a trip down the wonderous Colorado in the Grand Canyon

First-ever WILLA Literary Award winner for Memoirs

Writing Down the River grabs your heart and broadens your understanding of the power of the western landscape. The photographs are amazing in themselves; the essays stunning.Sybil Downing, award winning author of Ladies of the Goldfield Stock Exchange

An incomparable experience

I haven't received my copy yet but I can certainly review the experience. I saw Kathleen Jo Ryan on PBS on Sunday morning and as each photograph flashed up on the screen I just gasped because I too made this journey last summer and each photo brought back to me the precious days on that journey of a lifetime, recognizing each cave, slot canyon, falls and utter and absolute peace that I found in that place. Words just can't do it. I could go on for hours about it (and often do) The only words that I can find that come close os to say simply that it touched my soul. No one who makes this journey can ever be the same again. If you do nothing else in your life -make this trip. See Ms Ryan's book for an introduction.I plan to go again next summer. I look forward to my copy of this book of memories to keep me warm until I can be back on the river again.

A beautiful book about the most beautiful place on earth.

The women who wrote the essays in this book rafted the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon during the same summer I did. Reading this book was like being there again. Each essay looks at the canyon from the unique perspective of the author. They give voice to the many feelings the canyon brings to the surface -- from the fear that you won't make it through the rapids to the pure joy at seeing Deer Creek Falls or Havasu Creek. The pictures are lovely and fitting so you can see what the authors are writing about. Sometimes the pictures include the authors such as Linda Ellerbee. If you have rafted through the Grand Canyon, you will love this book. If you haven't been, read this book and you will want to go.