Park Profiles: Grand Canyon Country

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Grand Canyon Country explores the spectacular 277-mile-long gash in Arizona’s red-rock countrynoted by Theodore Roosevelt in 1903 as "the most impressive piece of scenery I have ever looked at"and much more. Along with the geological marvels, amazing views along the popular South Rim, and higher, cooler North Rim, the book probes ancient Indian cultures, remote forests of the Kaibab Plateau, lonely reaches of the Arizona strip, and the multihued landscapes of the Painted Desert. All the wonders of the Grand Canyon are captured in this first-person narrativefrom the awe-inspiring sunsets to hikes on treacherous trails to an exciting trip down the Colorado.

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200 pages, Paperback

First published April 1,1997

This edition

Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Published: April 1, 1997 by National Geographic
ISBN: 9780792270324
ASIN: 0792270320
Language: English

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