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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. That's One Small Step.in the Grand Canyon: The Apollo Astronauts Hike to the Moon
2. On the Rim of Creation: The World's Greatest Telescope
3. "Looks Like a Mulhatton Story": The Origin of the Egyptian Cave Myth
4. Panda Tracks in the Grand Canyon: Tales of the Ancient Chinese
5. The Tail that Wagged the President: Or, President Harding's Dogged Secretary of the Interior
6. Citizen Kane-yon: William Randolph Hearst's Grand Canyon Estate
7. Brighty of the Grand Canyon: History Becomes Fiction, and Fiction Makes History
8. King of the Road: Roger Miller's Big Adventure
9. With God and Teddy at El Tovar: Early Tourists React to the Grand Canyon
10. "These Infinities of Beauty and Terror": Poets and Writers Discover the Grand Canyon
11. Haunted by Time: British Writers Discover the Grand Canyon
12. Tropic of Canyon: Henry Miller's Moment of Truth
13. Tall Cliffs and Tall Tales: The Origins of John Hance
14. The Yellow Brick Road: A Personal Reflection on History
Notes
Bibliography
Index.