Canyon of dreams : stories from Grand Canyon history / Don Lago.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. That's One Small Step.in the Grand Canyon: The Apollo Astronauts Hike to the Moon -- 2. On the Rim of Creation: The World's Greatest Telescope -- 3. "Looks Like a Mulhatton Story": The Origin of the Egyptian Cave Myth -- 4. Panda Tracks in the Grand Canyon: Tales of the Ancient Chinese -- 5. The Tail that Wagged the President: Or, President Harding's Dogged Secretary of the Interior -- 6. Citizen Kane-yon: William Randolph Hearst's Grand Canyon Estate -- 7. Brighty of the Grand Canyon: History Becomes Fiction, and Fiction Makes History -- 8. King of the Road: Roger Miller's Big Adventure -- 9. With God and Teddy at El Tovar: Early Tourists React to the Grand Canyon -- 10. "These Infinities of Beauty and Terror": Poets and Writers Discover the Grand Canyon -- 11. Haunted by Time: British Writers Discover the Grand Canyon -- 12. Tropic of Canyon: Henry Miller's Moment of Truth -- 13. Tall Cliffs and Tall Tales: The Origins of John Hance -- 14. The Yellow Brick Road: A Personal Reflection on History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.