Alone on the Colorado /

Alone on the Colorado /

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"Leich wrote a rich and expressive account of his travels during the Depression--from riding the rails, floating over 200 miles of the Yellowstone River, and finally his attempt to run the Colorado River from its source to the Gulf of Mexico. His writing is wonderfully engaging and this is a gr...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Leich, Harold H. (Author)
Other Authors: Webb, Roy (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Leich, Harold H. > Travel > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • The spell of swift water
  • Bewitched
  • The source
  • In the wake of Sam Adams
  • Riding the riffles
  • Swapping horses in midstream
  • Ulysses
  • Shipwrecked in the desert
  • Afoot and afloat
  • Hell or Hanksville
  • Farewell to the Colorado
  • Appendix : reaction of Hal Leich's parents to his river trips by Jeff Leich and Harry Leich
  • Afterword : Hal Leich and his book : a history and a reflection by Jeff Leich and Harry Leich.

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