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

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography
Winner of the Reading the West Book Award in Memoir/Biography
Selected as a Southwest Book of the Year Top Pick
Rachel Carson Environment Book Award for Reporting on the Environment, Honorable Mention

A Booklist Top of the List Winner for Nonfiction in 2023
A New Yorker Best Book of 2023

"Thrilling, expertly paced, warmhearted." --Peter Fish, San Francisco Chronicle

The riveting tale of two pioneering botanists and their historic boat trip down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.