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An award-winning Outside magazine writer documents the 1983 Colorado River flood that threatened the region with a catastrophic dam failure and prompted oarsman Kenton Grua's near-suicidal effort to navigate the turbulent waters of the Emerald Mile on a small wooden dory to achieve a world speed record.
About the author
Kevin Fedarko has spent the past twenty years writing about conservation, exploration, and the Grand Canyon. He has been a staff writer at
Time, where he worked primarily on the foreign affairs desk, and a senior editor at
Outside, where he covered outdoor adventure. His writing has appeared in
National Geographic,
The New York Times, and
Esquire, among other publications. He is the author of
The Emerald Mile:
The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon, which won the Reading the West Book Award, and
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon, which won the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Both books were also
New York Times bestsellers and winners of a National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.
