Westwater lost and found / / Mike Milligan

• Autore: Milligan Mike <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Logan, : Utah State University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.2
• Soggetto geografico: Westwater (Utah) History; Westwater (Utah) Description and travel; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) History; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Description and travel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-273) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: First touched by man : beginnings -- Westwater town : a trip in time -- Gunslingers and bad guys -- Cattle versus sheep -- Rocks, dams, and hideouts : entering the canyon -- The river runners : entering the gorge -- Skull Rapid -- The Memorial.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this heavily illustrated book, Mike Milligan has captured the still developing story of one of those remote, but no longer secluded, corners of the Colorado Plateau. Upstream from Moab on the Colorado River, near the Colorado state line, there is a relatively short, deep canyon that has become one of the most popular river-running destinations in America. The canyon is known as Westwater. Its popularity is largely due to the thrill provided by one of the most dangerous and challenging stretches of white water on the Colorado---Skull Rapid. Near the head of the canyon
• Titolo autorizzato: Westwater Lost and Found
• ISBN: 1-283-26712-8; 9786613267122; 0-87421-490-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910213816303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II