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Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

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Winner of the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography

A Booklist Top of the List Winner for Nonfiction in 2023

A New Yorker Best Book of 2023


The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.

In the summer of 1938, botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter set off to run the Colorado River, accompanied by an ambitious and entrepreneurial expedition leader, a zoologist, and two amateur boatmen. With its ...