Waterman, Jonathan.

Running dry : a journey from source to sea down the Colorado River / Jonathan Waterman. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010. - 305 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 map (col. ; 34 x 27 cm. , folded to 9 x 5 cm.)

Includes index. LC copy does not include folded map.

The grand ditch -- Moving water through mountains -- Onto a nonnavigable river -- Home waters -- Pandora's box -- Canyonlands -- Lake Foul or jewel of the Colorado? -- Of dads, lawns, and dams -- The Grand Canyon chub -- The lights of Las Vegas -- Major Powell versus rampant growth -- Birds and farms -- The Mexican delta.

Waterman takes an unprecedented journey down the Colorado River, paddling in his kayak and hiking on foot, all 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to its Mexican delta.

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