Book description
More than a century after John Wesley Powell launched his boat on the Green River, Ellen Meloy spent eight years of seasonal floats through Utah's Desolation Canyon with her husband, a federal river manager. She came to know the history and natural history of this place well enough to call…
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2 authors picked Raven's Exile as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The writing is exquisite. She is funny, educational, and has a deep passion for nature. She see's a world I know with fresh eyes and extraordinary descriptions.
Nobody, not even Ed Abbey, describes the red-rock deserts and rivers of the Southwest as well as Ellen Meloy did. Raven’s Exile describes raft trips through Desolation Canyon of the Green River in eastern Utah with Meloy’s husband, a BLM river ranger. Meloy’s poetic, humorous, profound, keen-eyed voice makes me want to get on that river.
From Patrick's list on first-person narratives about the outdoors.
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