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

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (May 14, 2024)
Language: English
Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 1324076119
ISBN-13: 978-1324076117
Item Weight: 8.5 ounces
Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.3 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #16,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #75 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies #134 in U.S. State & Local History #235 in Women's Biographies
Customer Reviews: 4.6 out of 5 stars 604Reviews

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In the summer of 1938, no one had yet surveyed the plant life of the Grand Canyon.

Q: How did you first come across Lois Jotter and Elzada Clover's story, and what compelled you to keep digging?

Melissa L. Sevigny: I stumbled across Lois Jotter’s papers at Northern Arizona University in my hometown, Flagstaff, quite by chance. There were boxes and boxes of letters, newspaper clippings, and notes she collected during her 1938 river adventure. At first, it was her voice that compelled me to keep digging—warm, funny, a bit mischievous. I was also drawn to the story because I had never heard of Lois Jotter or Elzada Clover before, yet they accomplished something incredible—surviving a dangerous journey by boat down more than 600 miles of the Colorado River and making an extensive survey of the plant life along the way. It’s the kind of story I would have liked to have read when I was younger, about a couple of determined women heading off on a big adventure in a jaw-droppingly beautiful place.

Q: How do Clover and Jotter's struggles as women in science still reverberate today?

Melissa L. Sevigny: When I first started writing this book, I thought perhaps the sexism that Clover and Jotter faced would feel old-fashioned. But the deeper I dug, the more I saw connections between their experiences and what women in the sciences still contend with today. Clover and Jotter had to face down a lot of criticism about their plans to run the Colorado River, which at that time was widely considered a dangerous place and not suitable for women. Journalists described them as daredevils and oddities, rather than serious scientists. The barriers that they faced in 1938 really aren’t so different from what female scientists experience now: things like prejudiced hiring policies and unequal pay. I do think today there is a wider awareness of these problems, and a greater interest in highlighting the stories of scientists, past and present, who don’t check the stereotypical boxes. I take a lot of hope from that.

Q: If one were to embark on the same expedition down the Colorado River as Clover and Jotter did in 1938 today, how would it be different?

Melissa L. Sevigny: Almost everything! Today, river guides have detailed maps about every bend in the river and intimate knowledge of how to tackle each rapid. They usually go in big rubber rafts, not handcrafted wooden boats, and they have all kinds of equipment that wasn’t available to Clover and Jotter in 1938—sleeping bags, tents, water-resistant clothing, emergency radios, ammo tins to store the gear, not to mention decent water filtration and lots of hearty food. The scenery has changed, too. Glen Canyon is now buried beneath a reservoir, and the Grand Canyon has fewer beaches to camp on, because the dam traps the sand and floodwaters which are needed to build sandbars. There are more nonnative plants like tamarisk and tumbleweed. But some things are the same. The incredible geology of the Grand Canyon is still there, and so are the beautiful starry skies, ravens, bighorn sheep, and fantastic flowering cacti. And a river trip in the Canyon is still otherworldly. For many, myself included, a river trip down the Colorado is a profound experience. Clover and Jotter found it to be lifechanging, and I think that’s still true today.

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