Title BRAVE THE WILD RIVER : THE UNTOLD STORY OF TWO WOMEN WHO MAPPED THE BOTANY OF THE GRAND CANYON / Melissa L. Sevigny.

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Large print edition.

Publication Info.

Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, [2023]

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3076517~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
95th Street Adult Large Type Nonfiction	578.0979132 SEV	AVAILABLE
Nichols Adult Large Type Nonfiction-NEW	578.0979132 SEV	DUE 05-02-24

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Description	489 pages (large print) : illustrations (black and white), map, portraits, photographs ; 23 cm
Physical Medium	large print rda
Series	Thorndike Press large print biography series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-280).
Contents	Prologue: Stranded -- On the Borders of Precipices -- Have You Seen That River? -- A Mighty Poor Place for Women -- There Goes the Mexican Hat! -- A Beautiful Pea-Green Boat -- Delayed -- Hell, Yes! What River? -- Paradise -- A Most Unusual and Hazardous Means -- A Hundred Personalities -- Lonely for the River -- Heaven As I Go Along -- Legendary -- Epilogue: A Woman's Place.
Summary	The story of two pioneering female botanists, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, and their historic 1938 boat trip down the Colorado River which led them to be the first to survey and catalog the plant life of the Grand Canyon.
Subject	Clover, Elzada U., 1897-1980 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.
	Jotter Cutter, Lois, 1914-2013 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.
	Nevills, Norman D., 1908-1949 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.
	Women travelers -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century.
	Plant collecting -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century.
	Botany -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century.
	Scientific expeditions -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century.
	Women botanists -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon -- History -- 20th century.
	Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration.
	Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration.
	Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel.
Genre	Travel writing.
	Biographies.
	Large type books.
Added Title	Untold story of two women who mapped the botany of the Grand Canyon
ISBN	9798885792486 (hardcover : large print)

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