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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | John Wesley Powell; John Wesley Powell |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Wallace Stegner; Bernard Augustine De Voto |
| ISBN: | 0140159940 9780140159943 |
| OCLC Number: | 25821350 |
| Notes: | Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1954. |
| Description: | xxiii, 438 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Threshold -- Plateau province -- Blueprint for a dryland democracy -- Revenue of new discovery -- Opportunity -- Inheritance -- Notes -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | by Wallace Stegner ; with an introduction by Bernard De Voto. |
Abstract:
John Wesley Powell took an expedition down the Colorado River and was later instrumental in getting accurate government surveys made.
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