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Illustrations Vll Foreword lX Acknowledgments xiii 1 Swimming Rapids in Grand Canyon, 1944--1945 1 2 Rafting the Rapids, 1946-1947 17 3 From Passenger to Boatman, 1948-1952 31 4 Taking Passengers through Grand Canyon, 1953 45 5 The Triple Rig Is Born, 1954 53 6 Branching Out to New Rivers, 1955 61 7 Controversies, 1956 77 8 Glen Canyon Dam and a Clash of Personalities, 1957-1958 87 9 Exploring Mexican Rivers, 1958-1959 99 10 Dead Man in Cataract and Other New Experiences, 1960-1961 111 11 Runaway Rafts, 1962 123 12 Exploring Canadian Rivers, 1963 129 13 More ofMexico, 1963-1964 137 14 HighJinks,1965 149 15 Disaster on a Mexican River, 1966-1967 161 16 Divorce, 1968-1971 179 17 Changing Faces and Changing Rules, 1972-1975 189 18 Georgie's Effect on Passengers, 1976-1979 199 19 Georgie Breaks an Arm, 1980-1982 209 20 The Year of the Big Water, 1983 217 21 Tragedy at Lava Falls, 1984-1987 227 22 Another Tragedy, 1988-1989 239 23 Birthday Party, 1990 247 24 Final Run, 1991 25 Memorials to a Legend, 1992 Appendix: Georgie's Boatmen and Helpers Notes Related Works Index 261 269 279 282 295 297 ...

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