detailed account of a crazy trip
Eddy was a complete novice when he did this 1927 during high water. He recruited mostly college kids with no river experience. Luckily, he had along Nathaniel Galloway's son (the elder was a well-know boatman) who had experience running the Colorado. This book will appeal mostly to someone who has run the Grand Canyon at least once and can identify with the experience in some of the rapids (some are named in the text). It would be useful to have one of the detailed river guide books at your side when you read this account (I should have but didn't). The book contains no detailed map of the canyon.