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Standing up country : the canyon lands of Utah and Arizona
- Title
- Standing up country : the canyon lands of Utah and Arizona / [by] C. Gregory Crampton.
- Author
- Crampton, C. Gregory (Charles Gregory), 1911-1995.
- Publication
- New York : Knopf, 1964.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | 975.1C71 C849 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv. 191, iv pages : illustrations, maps, color plates, portraits
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Illustrated works.
- Pictorial works.
- Note
- "The typography and binding were designed by Guy Fleming. The maps were drawn by Rafael Palacios and Anita Karl from originals created by Merill K. Ridd, and the geological cross section by Anita Karl from plans by William L. Stokes and Merrill K. Ridd."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191).
- Contents
- Names on the land -- Standing up country. Slick-rock wilderness ; West side ; East side ; The river and the canyons -- The mythical river. The crossing of the fathers ; The San Buenaventura ; Caravans and furs -- Topographical engineers. The road to Cathay ; A land of wonder -- The scientists. The man with one arm ; Wheeler and Hayden -- Canyon country primeval. The conditions of life ; The ancient ones -- Mormon frontier. Mission to the Hopis ; War with the Navajos ; Lee's Ferry -- Hole-in-the-Rock. Villagers under the rim ; Hole-in-the-Rock -- The rock jungle. Twisting the mule ; The rock jungle ; The canyons of The People -- El Dorado. Sierra Azul ; Pish-la-ki ; Gold in Glen Canyon -- Canyon conquest. Ho! For the San Juan ; Boom times in the canyons ; Robert B. Stanton's gold dredge ; The Zahns and Spencer ; The conquest -- Symphony in sandstone. Blank verse ; "Holes, hills and hollows" ; Bridges of stone ; Crescendo.
- LCCN
- 64020165
- OCLC
- ocm01293718
- 1293718
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries