The Wild Colorado: The true adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, age 17, on the second Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon
by Richard Maurer
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Recounts the adventures of seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1871-2.Tags
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Richard Maurer is a writer, photo researcher, and exhibit designer, Richard Maurer's books for young readers include The Wild Colorado, winner of the Western Writers Spur Award, and Airborne: The Search for the Secret of Flight, winner of the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. A native of west Texas, he now lives in central show more Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. show less
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- 917.91 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in North America West Coast U.S. Arizona
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- F788 .M39 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley
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