{"product_id":"ghosts-of-glen-canyon-history-beneath-lake-powell-paperback","title":"Ghosts of Glen Canyon: History Beneath Lake Powell - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. Gregory Crampton\u003c\/b\u003e (Revised by), \u003cb\u003eEdward Abbey\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrift down the Colorado River through Glen Canyon and explore the people and places that encompass the history of this majestic canyon before it drowned in the rising waters of Lake Powell.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Gregory Crampton led the historical investigations of Glen and San Juan Canyons from 1957 to 1963 under contract with the National Park Service. The objective was to locate and record historical sites that would be lost to the rising waters of the reservoir. This book records that effort.\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1986, this edition has been revised to include several new \"ghosts\" of Glen Canyon, including a never-before-published foreword by Edward Abbey. It also showcases stunning color photographs by Philip Hyde and includes hundreds of black-and-white photographs taken by the original salvage crews.\u003cbr\u003eThis informative guide to the historic treasures of Glen Canyon includes numbered maps keyed to each location. It is a book for both the armchair traveler and the lake enthusiast eager for a journey through the past to a place few had the privilege to know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Gregory Crampton (1911-1995) was a professor of history at the University of Utah for more than thirty years. He and his crews made thirteen trips down Glen Canyon identifying, documenting, and photographing the evidence of human experience there. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStanding Up Country, Land of Living Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other books on the history of the Southwest.\u003cbr\u003eW. L. 'Bud' Rusho served as public affairs chief for the Glen Canyon Dam construction project, leading a team of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation photographers in the recording of the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLee's Ferry: Desert River Crossing \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness Journals of Everett Reuss\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Hyde (1921-2006) was a wilderness photographer and for many years the principle conservation photographer for the Sierra Club. His fifteen books include \u003ci\u003eAs Long as the Rivers Shall Run \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSlickrock: The Canyon Country of Southeast Utah\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.8 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47518745231581,"sku":"9780874809466","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/YIiT7VPBs9780874809466.webp?v=1772216163","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/ghosts-of-glen-canyon-history-beneath-lake-powell-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}