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Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History Beneath Lake Powell Paperback - 2009

Name: Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History beneath Lake Powell
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Author: Crampton, C Gregory
ISBN: 9780874809466

by Revised by C. Gregory Crampton; Foreword by Edward Abbey

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Drift down the Colorado River through Glen Canyon and explore the people and places that encompass the history of this majestic canyon before it drowned in the rising waters of Lake Powell.
Author Gregory Crampton led the historical investigations of Glen and San Juan Canyons from 1957 to 1963 under contract with the National Park Service. The objective was to locate and record historical sites that would be lost to the rising waters of the reservoir. This book records that effort.
First published in 1986, this edition has been revised to include several new "ghosts" of Glen Canyon, including a never-before-published foreword by Edward Abbey. It also showcases stunning color photographs by Philip Hyde and includes hundreds of black-and-white photographs taken by the original salvage crews.
This informative guide to the historic treasures of Glen Canyon includes numbered maps keyed to each location. It is a book for both the armchair traveler and the lake enthusiast eager for a journey through the past to a place few had the privilege to know.

Details

Title Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History Beneath Lake Powell
Author Revised by C. Gregory Crampton; Foreword by Edward Abbey
Binding Paperback
Edition New
Pages 176
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Bonneville, Salt Lake City, UT
Date 2009-03
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9780874809466 / 0874809460
Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
Dimensions 9.8 x 8.5 x 0.5 in (24.89 x 21.59 x 1.27 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Arizona
- Geographic Orientation: Utah
Library of Congress subjects Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.) - History, Historic sites - Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009003746
Dewey Decimal Code 979.259

About the author

C. Gregory Crampton (1911-1995) was a professor of history at the University of Utah for more than thirty years. He and his crews made thirteen trips down Glen Canyon identifying, documenting, and photographing the evidence of human experience there. He is the author of Standing Up Country, Land of Living Rock, and numerous other books on the history of the Southwest.
W. L. 'Bud' Rusho served as public affairs chief for the Glen Canyon Dam construction project, leading a team of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation photographers in the recording of the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. He is the author of Lee's Ferry: Desert River Crossing and The Wilderness Journals of Everett Reuss.
Philip Hyde (1921-2006) was a wilderness photographer and for many years the principle conservation photographer for the Sierra Club. His fifteen books include As Long as the Rivers Shall Run and Slickrock: The Canyon Country of Southeast Utah.