The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

4.35 AVERAGE

jofizz22's review

4.5
adventurous emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
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tigerknight38's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous informative fast-paced

lehart's review

5.0
Sooooooo goood
History
Philosophy
Characters
Parallel structure Of two riveting plot lines

I am going to have to read it again , half way through I just started tearing through it.

I really loved this book
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willa_reads_books's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
A mix of Grand Canyon conservation history, history of the dams in the canyon, and history of river running in the canyon. very interesting and i enjoyed it

jessayin's review

4.0
adventurous informative medium-paced

rensy12's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous inspiring medium-paced

thisbooklife's review

5.0
Really enjoyed this read and learned a lot before my trip down the Grand Canyon, but I will say the title is slightly misleading... the book is more about the history of the Canyon and the Glen Canyon Dam than it is about the speed record (although the speed ride is definitely a part of the story and is fascinating, it only makes up a relatively small portion of the book). Still loved the book, but it wasn't fully what I expected.

lazerbeam's review against another edition

5.0
Detailed, almost to a fault, but so interesting and thorough with so much surrounding stories, it’s engrossing. The main story doesn’t really get going until 77% in but by that point you know all the history, flavor and facts and allow it to unfold. A must read for anyone who has been on the Colorado through the Grand Canyon. 

readerm05's review

4.0
What I thought was going to be a "cool adventure story" was so much more! Yes, Fedarko tells the story of the fastest ride down the Grand Canyon (it held from 1983-2016). But he tells a much broader story than that: the history of the development of the Canyon as a destination, the history of river rafting (and the building of dories), the history of the conservation movement and how it butt heads with the development of some incredible dams, the history of the dam-building movement in the U.S. Fedarko weaves all of these stories together and allows them to build on top of each other so that the reader truly understands the 1983 record-breaking journey down the Colorado River. Such an informative and fun read! Plus, it definitely makes me want to explore all parts of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River and makes me deeply grateful for our natural wonders.

kelsie_reads_books's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous informative medium-paced