A NEW BOOK, ( old stock ) SIGNED by the Author, and his his 40 year old business card laid in, 171 pages, maps, full color photos, and full color cover. A GREAT ADVENTURE IN THE 1950'S, BEFORE THE DAMS TAMED THE RIVER, BEFORE THE GRAND CANYON BECAME FULL OF HIKERS, PARK RANGERS, TOURIST, AND BEFORE ALL THE COMMERCIAL RIVER RUNNERS FLOODED THE COLORADO RIVER WITH LARGE RAFTS AND RIVER RUNNER TOURISTS. A REAL-REAL ADVENTURE BY TWO YOUNG MEN IN THEIR TWENTIES, IF A PERSON TRIED TO DO THIS TODAY THEY WOULD BE ARRESTED. We ship promptly and package for safe delivery. Prescott, AZ.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

WE SWAM THE GRAND CANYON ( signed copy )

Publisher

Fifteen Minute Press, St Thomas, V.I. USA

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0963405594

ISBN 13

9780963405593

Binding

Soft cover

Illustrator

Phtos By Bill Beer And John Daggett

Edition

3rd Edition

Condition

New

Weight

8 ounces

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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GRAND CANYON, COLORADO RIVER, RIVER RUNNING, SW...

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The true story of a cheap vacation that got a little out of hand. In 1955 Bill Beer and John Daggett, at the time both recently out of the military, and in their mid 20s, footloose, and more or less unemployed conceived the idea of swimming the Colorado River through the 279 miles of the Grand Canyon-principally because they couldn't afford a boat. This simple idea escalated into a national news story and has been one of the legends of the Grand Canyon ever since. Never equalled nor duplicated, their illegal venture and many of its dangers, comic episodes, innovations, side effects and long term ramifications are the story of this book.

About the Author

Following the swim Bill went on the lecture circuit with the film. A Stanford gradute he was a reporter, TV newsman, script writer, worked in puboic relations & was a professional sailor. In his seventies he flew his Ultralight up the Mississppi to Canada. Bill died at Sunrise, June 9th 2000 of heart failure; having completed another life long deam to fly Monument Valley

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