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The Valley of No Return John Tomerlin Michael Lacapa Havasu Canyon, an Arizona branch of the Grand Canyon, is famed for its natural beauty. However, it is less well-known that floods occasionally rampage through the valley on their way to the Colorado River. Two young people set out one afternoon in the autumn of 1909 to visit " Dead Man’s Falls," north of the Supai Village. A prank played on them by a young member of the Havasupais Indian tribe becomes potentially lethal when a flash flood cuts off their return. For the next several days the pair must endure cold and hunger while attempting to make their way to safety; the situation grows yet more deadly when they discover they are being stalked by a hungry mountain lion. This is a story of two young people from diverse backgrounds—one, the son of a mining engineer; the other a daughter of the tribal chief whose people are threatened with exile from their ancestral land—and of the lessons learned as they struggle for survival. Spanish translation available. Subject: survival; diversity; Native culture; tolerance; Natural Science, Havasu Canyon (AZ) |
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