grand canyon (ariz.)

Discusses how the Grand Canyon was formed, its early exploration, and the plants and animals found there.

In watercolor sketches accompanied by text, the author records his impressions of the Grand Canyon.

Presents an introduction to the Grand Canyon, discussing its location, size, plants, animals, and tourist activities.

Photographs and text discuss the history and natural environment of the Grand Canyon and what effects human civilization has on it.

Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.

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.

Jessie and the other rebellious teenage members of a wilderness survival school team abandon their adult leader and try to run the dangerous white water of the Grand Canyon.

Draws from diaries and journals to tell the story of the 1869 expedition led by Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell to explore the Grand Canyon.

Chronicles the life of explorer John Wesley Powell, discussing how his expeditions put the Colorado River on American maps, discovered the Grand Canyon, and helped open the American west up to other settlers.

Describes the geographical characteristics of canyons, explains how they are formed, identifies typical plants and animals found in canyons, and examines what it would be like to live in the Grand Canyon.