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Grand Canyon Association publishes many books about Grand Canyon National Park and surrounding area. Amongst these are specialized scientific and historical monographs. The monographs often have limited print runs and quickly sell out. GCA is making many of these titles available for viewing and printing as Adobe Pdf files.
Instructions for Viewing:
~ Hover over the e-publication title to see a drop down menu of the chapters.
~ Select the chapter from the menu.
~ The chapter will open in Adobe Reader (If you do not have the Reader click on the link at the bottom of the page) and may then be viewed and printed from your web browser.
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Quest for the Pillar of Gold: The Mines and Miners of the Grand Canyon
George H. Billingsley, Earle E. Spamer, Dove Menkes, 1997, 112 pages, 0938216562
Abstract
Quest for the Pillar of Gold is a readable synopsis of the life and times of Grand Canyon prospectors, their mines and the minerals they found in and around the canyon. It is the first consolidation of far-flung data on the subject, beginning with a brief overview of the cultural and geographic setting, a primer on the geology of the canyon, followed by the history of mining in an area of about 15,000 square miles of northwestern Arizona.
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Polishing the Jewel: An Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Park
Michael F. Anderson, 2001, 116 pages, 0938216724
Abstract
Polishing the Jewel is an administrative history of Grand Canyon National Park with a target audience of park employees and others concerned with how the park has been managed over the years. In this volume Dr. Anderson focuses on a political, economic, and developmental history that also identifies the origins and evolution of major challenges confronting park managers today.
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Colorado River: Origin and Evolution; Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Grand Canyon National Park in June, 2000
Edited by Richard A. Young and Earle E. Spamer, 2004, 280 pages, 0938216791
Abstract
Colorado River: Origin and Evolution comprises the proceedings of a symposium held at Grand Canyon National Park in June, 2000, to update the status of current knowledge of the geologic issues, controversies, and thinking surrounding the geologic evolution of the Colorado Plateau and the Colorado River during Cenozoic time. To this end, more than 70 geologists contribute to 33 substantive chapters.
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A Gathering of Grand Canyon Historians: Ideas, Arguments and First-Person Accounts
Edited by Michael F. Anderson, 2005, 199 pages, 093821683X
Abstract
In January 2002, some 200 historians, witnesses to history, park employees, and others with a passion for Grand Canyon history gathered on the South Rim for the inaugural Grand Canyon History Symposium. In an effort to bring the ideas, arguments, and first-person accounts from that event to a larger audience, historian Michael F. Anderson, PhD, assembled A Gathering of Grand Canyon Historians, a collection of essays based on the presentations at the symposium. Topics range from a proposed transcanyon aerial tramway to the legal dispute over boundaries between the national park and neighboring Indian reservations. Much of the research published in this volume is not available in any other individual source.
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