Related Books and Reference Materials of Interest
Prepared by Liz Howard
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All My Rivers Are Gone: A journey of Discovery Through Glen Canyon, Katie
Lee. A description of Glen Canyon as Lee saw it as a river guide and explorer.
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A Story That Stands Like a Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul
of the West, Russell Martin. The historical account of Glen Canyon Dam
and its construction.
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Beyond the 100th Meridian, Wallace Stegner. A series of essays on the American
West including a recount of John Wesley Powell’s trip through Glen Canyon.
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Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner. The definitive account of western water
law and water development.
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Down the Colorado River, John Wesley Powell. The explorer's account of
his trip down the Colorado and through Glenn Canyon in the late 1800’s.
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Encounters with an Archdruid, John McPhee. The story of a trip that
McPhee took with Dave Brower of the Sierra Club and Floyd Dominy of the
Bureau of Reclamation, on a boat trip down the Colorado River.
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The California Water Atlas, State of California. A collection of scientific
information and diagrams which explain the dynamic systems of the Colorado
as well as other watersheds.
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The Colorado: A River at Risk, Jim Carrier. A photo journal of the Colorado
River, its users, inhabitants, and natural properties.
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The Colorado River. U.S. Department of the Interior. "A Natural Menace
Becomes a National Resource." The official plan for the river as well as
western development and the Bureau of Reclamation.
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