David Lukas and Amy Marr, who also
collaborated on the superb guide
to Yosemite National Park, have joined forces with
Jennifer Denniston and Kimberley O'Neil to create the
best guide we have ever seen about the Grand Canyon.
"The Grand," as river runners reverentially
refer to the Colorado River, has cut a gorge through
the relatively soft sedimentary sandstone layers a mile
deep and nearly ten miles wide. The mighty river flows
free for 277 miles and has some of the best-known and
exciting rapids in America. Grand Canyon National Park
encompasses 1.2 million acres and is home to 1500 plant
species along with 305 bird, 76 mammal, 41 reptile,
and 26 fish species. There are flora and fauna in the
park that are found nowhere else in the world. A few
years ago, I spent a total of four weeks exploring a
couple sections of the park, and this guidebook had
awakened an abiding desire to return as soon as possible...[Read
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