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- catalog abstract "Describes the history, exploration, and natural beauty of the Southwest canyon country, particularly the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Zion Canyon.".
- catalog alternative "Canyons of the West".
- catalog contributor b8775766.
- catalog contributor b8775767.
- catalog contributor b8775768.
- catalog coverage "Southwest, New Description and travel.".
- catalog created "[1948]".
- catalog date "1948".
- catalog date "[1948]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1948]".
- catalog description "Describes the history, exploration, and natural beauty of the Southwest canyon country, particularly the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, and Zion Canyon.".
- catalog description "Introduction / by Roderick Peattie -- Canyon preview. What's in a name? ; Upside-down country ; Stone trees and painted sands ; Pines, ruins, and lava ; Indians and immensity ; Monuments and arches ; Forests in the sky ; White cliffs and pink canyons ; Miracle in the desert / by Weldon F. Heald -- Features of the canyon country. Canyons : large and small ; Rocks that dissolve away ; Bridges made by nature ; Vulcan alters the landscape ; Volcanoes that failed to erupt ; An eruption and man ; A panorama of volcanism ; Necks of ancient fire mountains / by Edwin D. McKee -- Fossil life of the canyon country. Ice-Age animals ; Trees of stone ; Coal swamps and sea monsters ; Tracks that go uphill ; Seashells on mountaintops / by Edwin D. McKee -- Three hundred years of Spain. New Spain looks north ; Forerunners : black and white ; Coronado ; The padres / by Weldon F. Heald -- Indian life : past and present. The five tribes ; Studying their past ; Their trading / by Harold S. Colton -- ".
- catalog description "The Americans come. The trappers ; Explorers ; The settlers ; Bandits, miners, and tourists / by Weldon F. Heald -- The Colorado River. An incredible giant ; The Colorado is still wild ; Challenge ; The man in the boat ; The second journey ; After you, Major Powell / by Weldon F. Heald -- Riding Grand Canyon rapids. The eighteenth expedition ; Danger can be fun ; "High, wide, and handsome" ; The last hundred miles / by Weldon F. Heald -- The canyon wilderness. The very last frontier ; Indian country ; Space without time ; Fast water in the desert ; Innocents afloat ; Exploraing mystery canyons / by Weldon F. Heald -- On foot and in the saddle. Problems of the trail ; Tips for camp and trail ; The elements have their say ; Natural history of the trailside ; Rocks and fossils along the trails / by Edwin D. McKee -- ".
- catalog description "The canyon trails. Maintained trails in Grand Canyon ; Historic trails in eastern Grand Canyon ; Trails of western Grand Canyon ; Trails in Zion and Bryce Canyons ; Other canyon trails / by Edwin D. McKee -- Environment controls life. From low to high ; A barrier to animal life ; Adapt : and survive ; The balance of nature ; Useful plants ; Canyons affect bird migrations ; The plant parade ; Animal census / by Edwin D. McKee.".
- catalog extent "x, 390 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Inverted mountains.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Inverted mountains.".
- catalog isPartOf "[American mountain series]".
- catalog issued "1948".
- catalog issued "[1948]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Vanguard Press".
- catalog relation "Inverted mountains.".
- catalog spatial "Southwest, New Description and travel.".
- catalog subject "917.91".
- catalog subject "Canyons.".
- catalog subject "F786 .P35 1948".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / by Roderick Peattie -- Canyon preview. What's in a name? ; Upside-down country ; Stone trees and painted sands ; Pines, ruins, and lava ; Indians and immensity ; Monuments and arches ; Forests in the sky ; White cliffs and pink canyons ; Miracle in the desert / by Weldon F. Heald -- Features of the canyon country. Canyons : large and small ; Rocks that dissolve away ; Bridges made by nature ; Vulcan alters the landscape ; Volcanoes that failed to erupt ; An eruption and man ; A panorama of volcanism ; Necks of ancient fire mountains / by Edwin D. McKee -- Fossil life of the canyon country. Ice-Age animals ; Trees of stone ; Coal swamps and sea monsters ; Tracks that go uphill ; Seashells on mountaintops / by Edwin D. McKee -- Three hundred years of Spain. New Spain looks north ; Forerunners : black and white ; Coronado ; The padres / by Weldon F. Heald -- Indian life : past and present. The five tribes ; Studying their past ; Their trading / by Harold S. Colton -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Americans come. The trappers ; Explorers ; The settlers ; Bandits, miners, and tourists / by Weldon F. Heald -- The Colorado River. An incredible giant ; The Colorado is still wild ; Challenge ; The man in the boat ; The second journey ; After you, Major Powell / by Weldon F. Heald -- Riding Grand Canyon rapids. The eighteenth expedition ; Danger can be fun ; "High, wide, and handsome" ; The last hundred miles / by Weldon F. Heald -- The canyon wilderness. The very last frontier ; Indian country ; Space without time ; Fast water in the desert ; Innocents afloat ; Exploraing mystery canyons / by Weldon F. Heald -- On foot and in the saddle. Problems of the trail ; Tips for camp and trail ; The elements have their say ; Natural history of the trailside ; Rocks and fossils along the trails / by Edwin D. McKee -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "The canyon trails. Maintained trails in Grand Canyon ; Historic trails in eastern Grand Canyon ; Trails of western Grand Canyon ; Trails in Zion and Bryce Canyons ; Other canyon trails / by Edwin D. McKee -- Environment controls life. From low to high ; A barrier to animal life ; Adapt : and survive ; The balance of nature ; Useful plants ; Canyons affect bird migrations ; The plant parade ; Animal census / by Edwin D. McKee.".
- catalog title "Canyons of the West".
- catalog title "The inverted mountains: canyons of the West. Contributors, Weldon F. Heald, Edwin D. McKee [and] Harold S. Colton.".
- catalog type "text".