A great read, especially if you've some interest in the Grand Canyon and botany.
Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, by Melissa Sevigny, 2023.
The 2 botanists, along with 4 men, boated the Colorado River in 1938.

I'll keep an eye out for this book, sounds exciting. That would have been critical research as those dams were being built. Plus, floating the Colorado - not sure I'd have the guts to do it today. I'm glad there aren't any Class V rapids in BWCA/Quetico.

WapsiBanks00: "I'll keep an eye out for this book, sounds exciting. That would have been critical research as those dams were being built. Plus, floating the Colorado - not sure I'd have the guts to do it today. I'm glad there aren't any Class V rapids in BWCA/Quetico."

I burned through it, even if you aren't a botany geek - it's a great historical book. And, one of the botanist accompanied a trip much later, when she was 80 y.o. ("The Old Timers Trip") because she could, in real time, observe the changes post Glen Canyon Dam.

Thanks for the tip. I'll see if my library can get it for me. Update...it's on hold.

just put it on hold myself...sounds great!