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T H I S   W E B S I T E   C O N T A I N S

 

THE GRAND CANON

[canon: an essential guide or list]

An Augmented Worldwide Bibliography of the Grand Canyon and Lower Colorado River Regions of the United States and Mexico

111,000 citations in 115 languages produced during the 16th to 21st centuries

Click or tap on "THE GRAND CANON" MAIN TAB for basic information and DOWNLOAD LINKS for Volumes 1–3

Volume 1/Parts A and B.  Introduction and Bibliography

Volume 2.  Cartobibliography

Volume 3.  Grand Canyon: Colossal Mirror

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SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND HISTORICAL VOLUMES

Under the "SPECIALIZED BIBLIOGRAPIES AND HISTORICAL VOLUMES" tab are two subtabs:

SPECIAL BIOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES

This section of the website contains separate bibliographies for specific groups of biological taxa, relating chiefly to the Grand Canyon region.

OTHER SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND HISTORICAL VOLUMES

This section of the website contains publications of historical interest to all readers and special (non-biological) bibliographies of interest to historians, administrators or resource managers, relating to the Grand Canyon and Lower Colorado River regions.

Also under this subtab is a special compilation, "Introducing the Grand Canyon: Introductions to Grand Canyon's History from Raven's Perch Media," which condenses prefatory and introductory matter from most of these publications into one informative anthology.

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