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A river running west : the life of John Wesley Powell

著者: Donald Worster
出版商: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
版本/格式:   图书 : 传记 : 英语查看所有的版本和格式
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"John Wesley Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world ... Worster details the entirety of Powell's life, but at the heart of his biography is Powell's epic journey down the Colorado in 1869 -- a tale of harrowing experiences, lethal accidents, and breathtaking discoveries"--P. [4] of cover.
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类型/形式: Biography
提及的人: John Wesley Powell
材料类型: 传记
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所有的著者/提供者: Donald Worster
ISBN: 9780195156355 0195156358
OCLC号码: 189712776
注意: Originally published: 2001.
描述: xiii, 673 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
内容: Prologue : Green River Station, 1869 --
pt. 1. Northern Days. A mission to America --
Rising on the prairie --
The hornet's nest of war --
pt. 2. Canyons of the Colorado. Westward the naturalist --
Down the great unknown --
Surveying the high plateaus --
Kapurats --
The sublimest thing on earth --
Democracy encounters the desert --
pt. 3. Washington, D.C. --
Myths and maps --
Redeeming the earth --
The problem of the West --
Journey's end.
其他题名: Life of John Wesley Powell
责任: Donald Worster.

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"John Wesley Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world ... Worster details the entirety of Powell's life, but at the heart of his biography is Powell's epic journey down the Colorado in 1869 -- a tale of harrowing experiences, lethal accidents, and breathtaking discoveries"--P. [4] of cover.

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