Writing Down the River A KAET Presentation
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Ruth Kirk lives in Lacey, Washington, where she continues the writing and photography begun with her husband (recently deceased), who was a park ranger for 23 years, then a TV documentary producer. She has written nearly three dozen books dealing with natural history and culture, including Death Valley (with Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall), The Olympic Rain Forest: An Ecological Web (with Jerry Franklin) and Japan: Crossroads of East and West. Kirk's nearly two dozen awards include the John Burroughs Medal and nomination for the National Book Award.

Read Kirk's diary from the journey

Reprinted with permission from the book Writing Down the River: Into the Heart of the Grand Canyon