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In 1955 photographer Charles Eggert and renowned river guide Don
Hatch set off down the Green River with six others to duplicate the
1870s journey of John Wesley Powell. With dams soon to be built at
Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon, they planned to film the voyage and
be the last to travel these waters before the landscape changed
forever. Eggert's film A Canyon Voyage debuted successfully after
the trip, but his written narrative of the river, its landscape,
its people, and the adventures of the crew was never published.
This book finally brings Eggert's writings out of the archives and
into the public eye. With his keen photographer's vision and
colloquial voice, Eggert describes canyons and towns now deep under
water as he tells the story of friendships forged upon the rapids
and currents of the rivers. Roy Webb's foreword provides historical
context; river historian Alfred E. Holland Jr. introduces Eggert,
the man who transformed into an environmentalist after visiting the
West; and Sarah Holcombe's afterword looks at what transpired in
the lives of all eight crew members after the journey. Color and
black-and-white illustrations further enliven the text. An engaging
read, this is an important piece of river history that also shines
light on Eggert's tremendous influence as a conservation
cinematographer.
In 2009 the University of Utah Press and the Utah State Historical
Society co-published three volumes of long out-of-print journals,
letters, and other documents from John Wesley Powell's expeditions
down the Colorado River. We are proud to announce the fourth and
final volume. Cleaving an Unknown World collects Powell's journal
(Smithsonian Journal of History, 1968); Jack Hillers's diary and
photographs, previously published as Photographed All the Best
Scenery, edited by Don D. Fowler (University of Utah Press, 1972);
original maps from Francis Marion Bishop (Utah Historical
Quarterly, 1969); Frederick S. Dellenbaugh's letters (Utah
Historical Quarterly, 1969); and John C. Sumner's journal from the
first Powell expedition (Utah Historical Quarterly, 1969). Roy
Webb's foreword provides the context for these disparate pieces.
This beautifully illustrated book features Hillers's
photographs-long regarded as a remarkable and unique record of the
Colorado River and the Grand Canyon. Cleaving an Unknown World
belongs in the library of any reader interested in the exploration
of the American West.
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