Delightful Journey: Down the Green and Colorado Rivers

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Summary: A coveted and treasured work for Colorado River enthusiasts
Review: Barry Goldwater's "Delightful Journey" takes us where no can now go. A passenger on a commercial river trip led by the now legendary Norm Nevills, Goldwater recounts the adventure of traveling down the undammed and dangerous Green and Colorado Rivers in fragile wooden boats designed and built by Nevills.

The 1939 trip qualified Goldwater as one of the First 100 to successfully navigate the Colorado through Grand Canyon (complete list included in this volume), beginning with the expedition led by John Wesley Powell in 1868 and continuing through the late 1940s. With Goldwater, however, we see the account through the eyes of a paying customer, with expectations and demands different than those of earlier explorers and writers.

"Delightful Journey" is a coveted and treasured piece in collections of Colorado River enthusiasts.