{"product_id":"a-green-river-reader-9780874808377","title":"A Green River Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"There is something ominous about a swift river, and something thrilling about a river of any kind.\"--from \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Hundredth Meridian \u003c\/i\u003eby Wallace Stegner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning above Flaming Gorge Dam in southwestern Wyoming, the Green River traverses the complete variety of terrain on the Colorado Plateau before joining the Colorado River above Cataract Canyon in southeastern Utah. Like its more famous cousin, the Colorado, the Green has captivated, capsized, and cajoled all types of characters with challenges and beauty to match its geologic variety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Green River Reader \u003c\/i\u003eeditor Alan Blackstock brings this mysterious, magnificent, thrilling river to the reader with an interpretive guide that will inform both river novices and river veterans. Assembled here is every significant written testament to this \"awesome ditch,\" from Dom nguez-Escalante to Kit Carson and John C. Fr mont; to contemporary American naturalists and writers including Wallace Stegner, Bernard DeVoto, David Brower, Ann Zwinger, Ellen Melloy, and Edward Abbey. Those with a story to tell--those who trapped the Green's beavers, endured its wild rapids, were humbled by its imposing canyon walls, fought for its beautiful landscapes, or whose \"pulse was hurried\" by the \"lofty chasms, walled in by precipices of red rock\"--are collected here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're headed down the Green, make sure that your dry bag or ammo can has room for just one more thing, your copy of \u003ci\u003eA Green River Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874808377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.12w x 0.68d","brand":"Alan Blackstock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43418250379445,"sku":"9780874808377","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a50f6a4e-6a0f-41b2-b292-d240ca0c3c08.jpg?v=1703003656","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-green-river-reader-9780874808377","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}