The Last Canyon
  • Published:
    Oct-2001 (Hardcover)
    Sep-2002 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Action Adventure
  • Time Period:
    19th Century American West
  • Pages:
    352
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A historical novel about John Wesley Powell's nineteenth-century expedition through the Grand Canyon: “A riveting adventure tale” (The Seattle Times).
 
In 1869, John Wesley Powell set out on a voyage of exploration through the Grand Canyon, the last great expedition of discovery in US history. In this vivid novel, John Vernon intertwines two stories -- that of Powell and his crew, and that of a band of Paiute Indians, known as the Shivwits, who lived on the north rim of the canyon. As the novel moves inexorably toward a violent encounter between the two groups, Vernon deftly leads us into perilous geographical and emotional territory in a story of triumph, hardship, bravery, and loss.
 
“Richly imagined.” -- Los Angeles Times
 
“No author has tried to put the reader as squarely in Powell's waterlogged shoes . . . Packs a wallop.” -- Salt Lake Tribune
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EDITIONS
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    • First Edition
    • Oct-2002
    • Mariner
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0618257748
    • ISBN13: 9780618257744
    • First Edition
    • Oct-2001
    • Houghton Mifflin
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0618109404
    • ISBN13: 9780618109401
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    • Oct-2001
    • Houghton Mifflin
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0618174540
    • ISBN13: 9780618174546
    •  
    • Sep-2002
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1417717157
    • ISBN13: 9781417717156
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Oct-2002
    • Harcourt
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0547349300
    • ISBN13: 9780547349305
    •  
    • Oct-2002
    • Houghton Mifflin
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Jan-2002
    • Thorndike Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0786238348
    • ISBN13: 9780786238347
    • Large Print



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