The jaws of death, or, in and around the cañons of the Colorado

Date:

1911.

Author:

Houston, Edwin J. (Edwin James), 1847-1914.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH H843 J39 1911 LOCAL

Publisher:

Griffith & Rowland Press

Abstract:

Three generations of Robert Harold Gordons, the oldest two mining engineers, are on an expedition to explore the Colorado River Basin. The mining engineers are captured by the Mormons. In order to rescue them, members of their expedition must pass through the canyons of the Colorado River south of the union of the Green and Grand Rivers, the area known to their Indian guide as the "Jaws of Death."

Physical Description:

395 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Series:

Young mineralogist series ; 3 and Young mineralogist series ; 3.

Notes:

Illustrations on lining papers. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

Young Mineralogist Series v3

Subjects:

Mining engineers Juvenile fiction, Mormons West (U.S.) Juvenile fiction, Mineralogy Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) Juvenile fiction, Geology Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) Juvenile fiction, Geology, Mineralogy, Mining engineers, and Mormons

Genres/Forms:

Fiction and Juvenile works

Geographic Terms:

North America Colorado River Watershed and West United States