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High, Wide, and Handsome : the River Journals of Norman D. Nevills.

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When he started taking paying passengers by boat through the rapids of the Colorado River's canyons, Norman Nevills invented whitewater tourism and the commercial river business. For twelve years, from 1938 until his death in a plane crash in 1949, he safely took, without a single life lost, fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webb, Roy
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Nevills, Norman D., > 1908-1949 > Diaries.
Nevills, Norman D. > Diaries.
Nevills, Norman D., > 1908-1949
White-water canoeing > West (U.S.)
Rivers > West (U.S.)
SPORTS & RECREATION > Canoeing.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Rivers
White-water canoeing
West United States
Electronic books.
Diaries
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:When he started taking paying passengers by boat through the rapids of the Colorado River's canyons, Norman Nevills invented whitewater tourism and the commercial river business. For twelve years, from 1938 until his death in a plane crash in 1949, he safely took, without a single life lost, friends, explorers, and customers down the Colorado, Green, San Juan, Salmon, and Snake Rivers in boats he designed.
Physical Description:1 online resource (321 pages)
ISBN:9780874215083
0874215080
1283283360
9781283283366