Presents an introduction to the Grand Canyon, including how it formed, its end-to-end exploration in the late 1860s, the early native people who lived there, and its varied wildlife.
“A Neal Porter Book.” | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2016025024 | ISBN 9781596439504 (hardcover) | eISBN 9781250155436 (eBook) Subjects: LCSH: Geology—Arizona—Grand Canyon—Juvenile literature.
Describes the geology and biology of the Grand Canyon, and reveals how humans have altered the landscape
After I left, some of the people went to Doctor Bryant [Grand Canyon National Park's superintendent] and begged him to help them keep their homes; most of them had no land at Blue Creek. Doctor Bryant knew us all for many years and ...
Powell had described a typical Powell's account of the dangers of the Colorado run through a Colorado River rapid in this fashion : River . He took the job of demonstrating the feasibility of the railroad route lightly and considered ...
Illustrations and simple rhyming text present a child who is hiking with a group into the Grand Canyon, enjoying the wonders of nature--whether a lizard, a picture on the stone, or a glimpse of the moon from the bottom.
Carving Grand Canyon provides a synopsis of the intriguing ideas and innovative theories that geologists have developed over time. This story of a fascinating landscape is told in an engaging...
Born in England in 1837, Moran moved to America with his family in the mid-1800s, a time when landscape painting exhibitions drew blockbuster crowds in Eastern cities. In the days before color photography, monumental landscape paintings ...
The book begins with an exploration of the geographies of the native peoples, then examines how the westward expansion of the United States affected their lives and lands.
Visiting the Grand Canyon's North Rim is a unique experience. Just ten miles across the abyss from the canyon's busy South Rim, the two settings are worlds apart. Fewer than...
The Grand Canyon Trail of Time Companion