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Good Books For Visiting...Grand Canyon National Park

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There's nothing like a good book or two to help you prepare for a national park visit, whether you're looking for some historical background, a trail or two to hike, or interested in the natural resources or local culture. With that in mind, here are a few titles you might consider in preparation of a visit to Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story Of The Fastest Ride In History Through The Heart Of The Grand Canyon

In 1983, the Glen Canyon Dam was poised to fail, but high waters through the Grand Canyon led three veteran boatmen to attempt a speed-run down the Colorado River under a full moon.

Reconstructing The View: The Grand Canyon Photographs Of Mark Klett And Byron Wolfe

In Reconstructing the View: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe, we are treated to a jigsaw puzzle of sorts that spans 150 years of Grand Canyon photography, paintings, sketches, and even postcards, a seamless melding of the past and present as seen through works of such giants as Ansel Adams and Thomas Moran.

The Grand Canyon Reader

In a wonderful new book, Lance Newman has compiled an outdoor literary fan's best's best of short stories, essays, and poetry regaling the Grand Canyon. Within the covers, you'll find Ed Abbey, John McPhee, Terry Tempest Williams, Barry Lopez, and more.

Backpack the Grand Canyon

Backpack the Grand Canyon, a roughly 90-minute exploration of hiking down into the landscape of Grand Canyon National Park, covers the bases from preparation to execution.

One Best Hike: Grand Canyon

Although the book is titled One Best Hike: Grand Canyon, what Elizabeth Wenk really provides is a wonderful primer on the geology, wildlife, natural history, and dangers of hiking in Grand Canyon National Park. And she also leads readers down from the South Rim to the Colorado River and back via the Bright Angel and South Kaibab trails.

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

Throughout this book is proof that visitors to the Grand Canyon don't always pack common sense with them.

Carving Grand Canyon: Evidence, Theories and Mystery

Clearly written and beautifully illustrated with color photographs of the canyon and maps and diagrams explaining the geologic forces at work, the book is not a heavy, geologic treatise. Rather, it entices one into turning the pages via a conversational tone, much as if you were standing on the South Rim discussing the canyon face-to-face with author Wayne Ranney.

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