Big Water Little Boats Moulty Fulmer and the First Grand Canyon Dory on the Last of the Wild Colorado River By Tom Martin

2012 Trade Paperback

Vishnu Temple Press

Very Good Condition

Grand Canyon History

Big Water, Little Boats by Tom Martin chronicles the pioneering era of wooden dory river running in the Grand Canyon, focusing on Moulty Fulmer, who built and navigated the first dory, the Gem, through the canyon in the 1950s. The book details the adventures of Fulmer and other early river runners like Dock Marston and Pat Reilly, documenting their trips on the wild Colorado River before the Glen Canyon Dam changed it forever, using historic photos, journals, and interviews to tell the story of this transition in river recreation