Canyon of dreams : stories from Grand Canyon history /

Main Author: Lago, Don, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10816570
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. That's One Small Step.in the Grand Canyon: The Apollo Astronauts Hike to the Moon
  • 2. On the Rim of Creation: The World's Greatest Telescope
  • 3. "Looks Like a Mulhatton Story": The Origin of the Egyptian Cave Myth
  • 4. Panda Tracks in the Grand Canyon: Tales of the Ancient Chinese
  • 5. The Tail that Wagged the President: Or, President Harding's Dogged Secretary of the Interior
  • 6. Citizen Kane-yon: William Randolph Hearst's Grand Canyon Estate
  • 7. Brighty of the Grand Canyon: History Becomes Fiction, and Fiction Makes History
  • 8. King of the Road: Roger Miller's Big Adventure
  • 9. With God and Teddy at El Tovar: Early Tourists React to the Grand Canyon
  • 10. "These Infinities of Beauty and Terror": Poets and Writers Discover the Grand Canyon
  • 11. Haunted by Time: British Writers Discover the Grand Canyon
  • 12. Tropic of Canyon: Henry Miller's Moment of Truth
  • 13. Tall Cliffs and Tall Tales: The Origins of John Hance
  • 14. The Yellow Brick Road: A Personal Reflection on History
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.