The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons Easy day hikes to Canyonlands Island in the

to Canyonlands Island in the Sky on the west

Natural history of the region with an emphasis on geology

Run time: 50 min

One of the great works of American exploration literature

and generally exhibit an extraordinary degree of sophistication

The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons Easy day hikes to Canyonlands Island in theThe uncut version of Powell's narrative of the 1869 journey down the Green and Colorado rivers. One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man remains as fresh and exciting today as it was in 1874. Includes the full text of the later 1870 expedition along the Uinta, where John Wesley Powell rediscovered the