Mitchell Book Club - Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon

Join the Mitchell Book Club as we discuss, "Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon" by Melissa Sevigny. In this book Sevigny introduces the reader to botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter who set off down the Colorado River in the summer of 1938, accompanied by an ambitious expedition leader and three amateur boatmen. With its churning rapids, sheer cliffs, and boat-shattering boulders, the Colorado was famed as the most dangerous river in the world. But for Clover and Jotter, it held a tantalizing appeal: no one had surveyed the Grand Canyon’s plants, and they were determined to be the first. There are copies of the book available to borrow at the circulation desk.