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Author Lavender, David, 1910-2003.

Title Colorado River country / David Lavender.

Publication Info. New York : Dutton, [1982]
©1982

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  978.8 L38CO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliography (pages [214]-226) and index.
Contents The land -- The ancient ones -- The Spanish entradas -- The Americans arrive -- Rediscovery -- The mythic river -- The big one -- Utah's Dixie -- First man through? -- Testing the river -- Measuring the land -- Searching for new oases -- Exploitation begins -- Selling the scenery -- Claiming the water -- Appendix: the geology of the Colorado basin.
Subject Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History.
Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) -- History.
Other Form: Online version: Lavender, David Sievert, 1910-2003. Colorado River country. 1st ed. New York : Dutton, c1982 (OCoLC)557942293
Online version: Lavender, David Sievert, 1910-2003. Colorado River country. 1st ed. New York : Dutton, c1982 (OCoLC)607932799
ISBN 0525241515: $16.95
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