Dave Rust: a Life in the Canyons

Swanson, Frederick H.

ISBN 10: 0874809150 / ISBN 13: 9780874809152

Published by University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, UT, 2008

About this Item

Full number line on copyright page. Inscribed by the author on the title page, dated April 16, 2009. Black cloth boards with metallic orange lettering on spine. Boards are in near fine condition with a bit of bumping to ends of spine and a touch of mild soiling from dust. Black pictorial dust jacket with title in orange lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and is not clipped. Two large dampstains to top edge of jacket, barely visible on front side; minor creasing to edges; small abrasion near center of back panel. Text block has mild soiling to edges and a small dampstain to fore-edge that leaves a faint tidemark on some pages. Otherwise, interior is clean. Binding is tight. Includes a section of black-and-white photos on plates. This is a biography of David D. Rust (1874-1963) , a pioneering backcountry outfitter and Glen Canyon river guide. ; Book; B&W Photographs; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 354 pp; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dave Rust: a Life in the Canyons
• Publisher: University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, UT
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874809150
• ISBN 13: 9780874809152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Biography
  • Western Americana
  • Colorado River History

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Synopsis

"A thorough traveler must be something of a geologist, something of a botanist, an archaeologist, an ornithologist, an artist, a philosopher, and so on. Through it all he is likely to be friendly with a camera. He must be agreeable in society, contented in solitude, enthusiastic and patient as a fisherman."—Dave Rust

In the fall of 1897, Dave Rust, a young placer miner from Caineville, Utah, looked up from his sluice box on the Colorado River and gazed at the brilliant sandstone cliffs of Glen Canyon. He wasn’t finding much gold, but he knew that this landscape abounded in scenic beauty and that people would pay good money to see it. A quarter century later, he would fulfill his dream of taking adventurous travelers through this stunning canyon in his little canvas-covered canoes. By that time he had amassed a comprehensive knowledge of the geologic wonders of the Colorado Plateau province of Utah and Arizona, and each summer he led month-long pack trips through a mind-boggling variety of cliffs, mesas, mountaintop overlooks, and hidden desert canyons.

David D. Rust (1874–1963) grew up in south-central Utah, and as a young man he worked a variety of jobs. But the canyon country always called to him, and for more than three decades he was the premier backcountry outfitter and guide in southern Utah. He felt that travel was more than a pastime—it was a chance to enrich one’s mind, and he showed the way to achieve a deep understanding of the Colorado Plateau’s fabulous landforms.

Winner of the Evans Biography Award, the Utah State History Association's Best Utah History Book Award, the Mormon History Association Turner-Bergera Best Biography Award, the Utah State Division of History Francis Armstrong Madsen Best Utah History Book Award, and the Utah Book Award in Nonfiction. 
 

About the Author

Frederick H. Swanson writes and edits publications about the Colorado Plateau’s park lands and wilderness areas from his home in Salt Lake City.

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