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Titan of Chasms: The Grand Canyon of Arizona
Charles Fletcher Lummis and John Wesley Powell C. A. Higgins
No photograph prepares you for the first sight of the Grand Canyon from the rim. Charles Higgins gathers vivid description and the account of explorer John Wesley Powell to convey the canyon's scale, colors, and depths. A slim, rapturous introduction to a wonder of the world. Stand at the edge and look a mile straight down.
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32 chapters
- 1Titan of Chasms The Grand Canyon of Arizona
- 2THE TITAN OF CHASMS BY C. A. HIGGINS
- 3Its History
- 4As Seen From the Rim
- 5The Trip to the River
- 6THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORER BY J. W. POWELL
- 7The Ives and Wheeler Expeditions
- 8Major Powell’s Several Trips
- 9The Plateau Region
- 10Marble Canyon
- 11The Grand Canyon
- 12As Seen by the Geologist
- 13Its Length
- 14As Seen Traveling Down Stream
- 15The Work of Erosion
- 16Winter and Cloud Effects
- 17THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD BY CHARLES F. LUMMIS
- 18Of the Canyon, and Other Wonders
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