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Millard, Candice

Summary: For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. Expeditions to find it were stymied by a giant labyrinthine swamp. In the 19th century Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. From the start the two men clashed. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022

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Buck, Rinker

Summary: "The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand 'flatboat era' of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America's first western frontier. Seven years ago, readers around the country fell in...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BUC

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 BUC

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 977 BUC

Sullivan, Randall

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and present--of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world. Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.7 SUL

Smith, Matt

Summary: "Travel with Matt and Karen as they float down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. In September 2016, they experienced the trip of a lifetime with 14 friends and a crew of 10 while traveling in wooden dories through the canyon. Dories, Ho! is a story of their adventure and discovery. Similar to their first travel memoir Dear Bob and Sue, this book is as much about their relationship as...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Matt and Karen Smtih 2017

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 SMI

Sevigny, Melissa L.

Summary: "The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its churning waters and treacherous boulders, the Colorado...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SEV

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SEV

Fedarko, Kevin

5 holds on 2 copies

Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the epic adventure tale The Emerald Mile comes the most dramatic and deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mile trek. The Grand Canyon is an American treasure, visited by more than 6 million people a year, many of whom are rendered speechless by its vast beauty, mystery, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2024

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