Nonfiction Book Discussion

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Book Discussions

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Adults
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The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip on the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Brave the Wild River is a spellbinding adventure of two women who risked their lives to make an unprecedented botanical survey of a defining landscape in the American West, at a time when human influences had begun to change it forever. Winner of the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography.

Join us for a discussion of Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon by Melissa L. Sevigny.

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