Brave The Wild River: The Untold Story Of Two Women Who Mapped The Botany O...

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Book Title: Brave the Wild RIVER : the Untold Story of TWO Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

Item Length: 9.4in

Item Height: 1.1in

Item Width: 6.3in

Author: Melissa L. Sevigny

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Topic: Women, Life Sciences / Botany, United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Idaho, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Idaho, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Adventurers & Explorers, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Essays & Travelogues, History, Parks & Campgrounds, Expeditions & Discoveries

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

Publication Year: 2023

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Science, History

Item Weight: 17.4 Oz

Number of Pages: 304 Pages