This selection of books has been made with you in mind.
History, Geology, Rafting, Poetry and more, we have something for everyone.
We enjoyed reading each of these and hope they will enhance your river rafting trip experience.
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Grand Canyon and Other Selected Poems
Author; Amil Quayle
With foreward by Brad Dimock.
Amil ran his first river trip in 1961, and has been hooked ever since. He has been a river outfitter, rancher, University writing teacher, painter and poet in his life, but his heart is ever on the river.
Black Star Press, 2009
$15.00 + sales tax |
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River Runners' Guide to the Green River with Emphasis on Geologic Features: Desolation and Gray Canyons
Author; Felix E. Mutschler
Originally published in 1969 by the Powell Society, reprinted with permission by Mackay Marine and Outdoor Supply Books for River Runners, 2005
$9.95 + sales tax |
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Sunk Without a Sound
Author; Brad Dimock
Author and river guide Dimock searched the country for the true story of Glen and Bessie Hyde, newlyweds in 1928 who embarked on a honeymoon river trip in the Grand Canyon. After failing to return home, their wooden sweep scow was found empty in the river, with no sign of the couple. Brad attempts to unravel an intriguing historical mystery.
Fretwater Press, 2001
$18.00 + sales tax
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The Doing of the Thing; the Brief Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom
Authors; Vince Welsh, Cort Conley, Brad Dimock
In 1937 a service station attendant, with no fanfare and all alone, navigated over 1000 miles of the Green and Colorado Rivers in a homemade boat he designed.
Fretwater Press, 1998
$16.95 + sales tax |
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Raging River, Lonely Trail; Tales Told by the Campfire's Glow
Author; Vaughn Short
Nostalgic, adventurous and humorous poetry, perfectly written for reading around a canyon campfire. Since it's publication, this book has been on every Moki Mac river trip. Our very good friend, and the "oldest swamper in the world", Vaughn Short wrote this in 1978, and we thank him from the bottom of our hearts.
Two Horses Press, 1978
*Call for price* We have a very limited inventory of this Out-Of-Print book. |
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River to Rim; A guide to place names along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon from Lake Powell to Lake Mead
Author; Nancy Brian
River to Rim tells you how the names of the Grand Canyon came to be; the record of who named what and when, quotations from explorers, tourists and river runners and often the bizarre, funny or moving events that gave rise to the names on the maps today. Over 600 place names, including Native American and geological terms are indexed and tied to a bibliography of over 200 entries.
Earthquest Press, 1992
$14.95 + 2 sales tax |
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The Very Hard Way; Bert Loper and the Colorado River
Author; Brad Dimock
Brad's newest book, about Bert Loper. The Grand Old Man of the Colorado, was born the day Major Powell discovered the confluence of the San Juan and Colorado in 1869. He died just days after the first motorboat had passed through Grand Canyon. He knew every river runner in between, and by the time of his death at 80 years old, had run more of the Colorado than anyone. But it was never easy--orphaned and abused, Loper had to make his way along the bottom of society, often as a hard-rock miner, coal miner or lonely placer miner on a gravel bar. But in the Colorado River he found inspiration, and he died at the oars of his own wooden boat in a major Grand Canyon Rapid. Loper is truly mythic, and his is the story of the Colorado.
Fretwater Press, 2007
Hard cover $29.95 + sales tax
Soft cover $17.95 + sales tax |
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Lasting Light - 125 years of Grand Canyon Photography
Author; Stephen Trimble
One of the most photographed subjects on earth, Grand Canyon continues to inspire awe, admiration, and frustration for those who attempt to capture its majesty on film. Accomplished writer and Ansel Adams Award-winning photographer Stephen Trimble deftly navigates the stories of the Canyon's photographers. Lasting Light includes fascinating details of changing equipment and a timeline of important moments in the photographic record of Grand Canyon. This book brings to life the relationship between artist and subject and portrays an American icon in a way not many are fortunate to experience.
Northland Press, 2006
Hard Cover (coffee table style)
$32.00 + sales tax |
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