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William Lewis Manly was a forty-niner, explorer, and humanitarian whose story most people have never heard. Born in Vermont, William Lewis Manly was drawn out west by the lure of gold. Previous scholarship claims that the Yankee frontiersman floated only 290 miles down the Green River to the Uinta Basin, but author Michael D. Kanes research of primary source materials led him to the conclusion that Manly actually traveled 415 miles, all the way to what is now Green River, Utah. This would make Manly the first to explore much of the Green River by boat--twenty years before John Wesley Powells famous expedition. Determined to prove his theory and establish Manlys legacy as a trailblazer, Kane conducted research and then built his own wooden canoes and made the trip, tracing Manlys footsteps and comparing notes with the earlier traveler. Country Never Trod follows Manlys little-known expedition down the Green River and his overland trek through some of the most desolate stretches of Utah, interspersed with Kanes journal entries and photographs documenting his own trip.Michael D. Kane received a PhD in parks, recreation, and tourism from the University of Utah. He has been owner and operator of a professional river-running company in Jackson Hole, general manager at Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort in southern Utah, and a university instructor. He lives in West Jordan, Utah.Book specifications:Dimensions: 229 x 152Author: Michael D. KaneCover type: HardcoverPublishing Year: 2022Publishing Month: 9Pages: 280Language: EnglishPublisher: Two Dot BooksWeight: 581 g
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