What readers think of Brave the Wild River, plus links to write your own review.

The book is good, I can see the genre and how the author delivers it. As I imagined it was going to make my heart beat fast.

Melissa L. Sevigny's tale "Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon" tells the incredible adventure of two female botanists, Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter, who set out on a landmark expedition in 1938. Their mission was to explore the Grand Canyon and document the plant life that thrives within its harsh landscape. However, their expedition was met with mistrust and misgivings from the press and the general public.

Clover and Jotter arrived fatigued and battered in Boulder City, Nevada after a 43-day journey through hazardous rivers and canyons. They drew attention not only for their scientific endeavors, but also for being atypical women embarking on such an excursion.