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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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+1 for Chinatown. One of he best movies made and great history of LA and the Valley.
Mulray = Mulholland
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2014 - 01:07pm PT
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Another great, related read:
West of the Hundredth Meridian
Wallace Stegner
Focusses on western expansion and water policies...the section about Powell is especially intriguing, and placed him as one of my all-time heroes.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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A great read, though definitely heavy with facts, which slows the momentum a bit. Pretty prescient though on water issues. Sober then, probably more so now.
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CA.Timothy
climber
California
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Great piece of work. Too bad Resiner passed away. I would have loved to see his assessment of western water after 1990 in a follow up book to Cadillac Desert.
And yes as stated above, 100% of the PBS documentary is up on Youtube thanks to some kind soul.
For all of you who enjoyed Reisner's assessment of Reclamation and Dominy, check out "Encounters with the Arch Druid" by John Mcphee
"Dead Pool" by James Lawrence Powell is another fantastic read for those interested in Lake Powell.
Edit-
Apogee- Stegners book is fantastic, but unless you are a big Powell fan, it will bore most people to death!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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If you are a Powell fan, you need to put the first compehensive biography of him written by William C. Darrah ( Powell of the Colorado 1951) who was a former prof of mine in College. It covers his dealings in government as well as his explorations of the Colorado.
He also wrote two books on the geology and ecosystem of the river long before such topics were popular with environmentalists.
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apogee
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Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2014 - 01:50pm PT
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Yeah, that book seems to find pretty divergent opinions...personally, I found the historic details to be fascinating, and Powell's explorations were like frosting on the cake.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Read it 25 years ago....great book that is as pertinent today as it was then.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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A must read, relevant when it was written and more so today.
Ditto for McPhee's "Encounter With the Arch Druid" and "The Control of Nature".
Throw in Maude Barlow's "Blue Gold" and David Korten's "When Corporations Rule the World" and you start to get the big picture.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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I use it my history class. It's great for local kids. We get to check out places in the old photos and footage and figure out where they are. The Long Valley (future Crowley) shots are cool.
No way to get it really, it was never put on DVD because of interest vs. paying for the footage. I wonder if the Chinatown license cost too much?
Anyway, the youtube is your best bet unless you can find someone who video taped it off PBS years ago and had it transferred to DVD like me.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mike
It's a must read, for sure.
Floyd (or was it Flood) Dominy was the Damn man, for sure!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Another piece by Bill Darrah on the Powell expedition he wrote for the Utah Historical Quarterly ( vol 15 1947) is also a must read. It containst several of the expedition members journals of the first trip (1869) and some from the second (1871)
I got my copy from the author just before he retired from teaching, but I understand it has been reprinted and is available for sale
http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780874809633-1
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Bad Climber
climber
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One of my all time favorite books. I think it reads like a novel. The PBS series is excellent. I actually own the VHS series, which was packaged with China Town. Great stuff.
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