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The Last Canyon
by Vernon, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618109404
- ISBN 13
- 9780618109401
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition, first printing, SIGNED by author, in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable clear mylar cover). Clean ivory boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - no previous owner names or bookplates. Flat-signed by the author above his printed name on title page, then inscribed and signed: "For Paul & Diane, Another river of words. Warmly, John Vernon - Oct. 9, 2001, Estes Park, Colorado." Pages and edges are clean. 336 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. A novel of one of the mosttreacherous river expeditions ever undertaken, when in 1869 a one-armed Civil War hero named John Wesley Powell launched four boats on the Green River in Wyoming Territory, beginning what would be the last major voyage of discovery in American History, through the country's only remaining terra incognita: the remote and barren course of the Colorado River..
Synopsis
“Both gritty and sublime” (Seattle Times), The Last Canyon tells the story of John Wesley Powell’s 1869 voyage of exploration through the Grand Canyon, the last great expedition of discovery in United States 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. Powell’s adventure is a story of triumph, hardship, bravery, and ultimate loss.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Last Canyon
- Author
- Vernon, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618109404
- ISBN 13
- 9780618109401
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- GRAND CANYON NOVEL, HISTORICAL FICTION, JOHN VERNON, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, COLORADO RIVER, WESLEY POWELL
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- SIGNED Editions;
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