{"id":9600,"date":"2023-06-07T13:13:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T20:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/library\/?p=9600"},"modified":"2023-06-07T13:19:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T20:19:26","slug":"july-13-a-celebration-of-elzada-clover-and-lois-jotter-pioneering-botanists-of-the-grand-canyon-with-melissa-sevigny-author-of-brave-the-wild-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/library-cline\/july-13-a-celebration-of-elzada-clover-and-lois-jotter-pioneering-botanists-of-the-grand-canyon-with-melissa-sevigny-author-of-brave-the-wild-river\/","title":{"rendered":"July 13: Author Program with Melissa Sevigny, author of Brave the Wild River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9604 size-uncropped-small alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/library-cline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover of Brave the Wild River\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-768x1147.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-1028x1536.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-1371x2048.jpg 1371w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-402x600.jpg 402w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/336\/BraveTheWildRiver_finalcover-scaled.jpg 1607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>Science journalist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melissasevigny.com\/\">Melissa Sevigny<\/a> will discuss her new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/wwnorton.com\/books\/9780393868234\/\">Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon<\/a>, <\/em>at a July 13 program hosted by Cline Library Special Collections and Archives \u2013 home of the archival materials that inspired it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Booklist <\/em>described <em>Brave the Wild River <\/em>as a \u201cbreath-catching, enlightening, and significant work of scientific, environmental, and women&#8217;s history.\u201d\u00a0 A chance encounter with a pith helmet in the archives led Sevigny to write the book, which chronicles the 1938 journey down the Colorado River of pioneering botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter.\u00a0 The women conducted the first formal survey of the plant life of the Grand Canyon on their 43-day trip.<\/p>\n<p>Special Collections and Archives holds diaries, papers, films and more documenting Clover and Jotter\u2019s pioneering expedition, including a pith helmet that Jotter wore on the river.\u00a0 The program will include a screening of Clover\u2019s 1938 river running films and comments from Special Collections and Archives staff and other guest speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Join us to learn more about the book and the author, and NAU\u2019s archives and archivists behind the story. The program will be held Thursday, July 13, from 4 \u2013 5:30 p.m., in Special Collections and Archives on the second floor of Cline Library. \u00a0A reception with light refreshments will follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science journalist Melissa Sevigny will discuss her new book, Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, at a July 13 program hosted by Cline Library Special Collections and Archives \u2013 home of the archival materials that inspired it. 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