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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Murphy, Shane (1947-....)
Titre(s) : John Hance [Texte imprimé] : the life, lies, and legend of Grand Canyon's greatest storyteller / Shane Murphy
Publication : Salt Lake City (Utah) : The University of Utah Press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-230 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [201]-222. Index
"The Grand Canyon has inspired storytellers and mythmakers for centuries. Stories
told of it in oral traditions, books, newspapers, and brochures have entertained and
fired the imaginations of listeners and readers with descriptions of subliminal beauty
and endless adventure. The best Grand Canyon raconteur of them all might be John Hance,
the first permanent Euro-American settler at Grand Canyon, a river guide, and a teller
of such tall tales that his talent for spinning yarns helped establish the tourist
trade at Grand Canyon more than a hundred years ago. Yet, as Shane Murphy points out,
Hance's name is now largely forgotten. Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park won't
find a statue of Hance or a commemorative sign or plaque with his name on it. Those
who ride the Colorado River through the canyon might learn a little about Hance from
a guide when they descend Hance Rapids, the longest and steepest of them all. Otherwise
the name John Hance, which was once synonymous with Grand Canyon, is no longer part
of its story. Shane Murphy's biography is an effort to rescue Hance from obscurity.
It provides insights into Hance's life before he went west with his family to strike
it rich as a miner in Arizona Territory. More importantly, Murphy shows how Hance
and his outsized personality brought the wonders of an equally outsized landscape
to the attention of would-be travelers before the days of the National Park Service
and the creation of Grand Canyon National Park in 1919"
Sujet(s) : Hance, John (1840-1919)
Conteurs -- Grand Canyon (Ariz., États-Unis) -- 19e siècle
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
979.030 92 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - Grand Bassin et versant du Pacifique - 1900-.... - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781607817536 (br.). - ISBN 1607817535 (erroné). - ISBN 9781607817543 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46621074j
Notice n° :
FRBNF46621074
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