This well-written book gives us a detailed (almost day-by-day) account of the 33-year career of a rugged outdoorsman of whom most of us have never heard. But Rust is important to the history and lore of the Grand Canyon. He built the first trail to its bottom from the North Rim, the Bright Angel Creek Trail, and underwent the first crossing of the deep-cut Colorado River, in a cable tram, to connect

March 2008
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- There Will Be Oscars
- The J. Golden Kimball Stories (Fiction)
- Victorio: Apache Warrior and Chief (Nonfiction)
- The Road to McCarthy
- Walk Proud, Stand Tall (Fiction)
- Rider of Death Valley (Fiction)
- The Legend of Billy Jenks and Other Wyoming Stories (Fiction)
- Landscapes of Colorado (Nonfiction)
- Hard Road West (Nonfiction)
- Country Music Originals (Nonfiction)
- Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway (Nonfiction)
- Dave Rust: A Life in the Canyons (Nonfiction)
- Deadly Dozen: Vol. II (Nonfiction)
- The Essential John Ford Collection
- Rawhide: The Second Season, Vol. II
- Adventures in the West
More In This Issue
- Death Valley 49ers Centennial
- Who Killed the Train?
- Clean Shots
- Why Does Everyone Love Louis…
- Trains, Mules and Horses
- Low Slung Guns
- Not Just a Sea Plague
- Crookedest Railroad Turns New Bend
- Cowhorse Tango
- Hampton Sides
- Trinidad, Colorado
- Grand Stations
- Saving Grandma’s Cabin
- Preservation: The Little Railroad that Might