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| 类型/形式: | Biography |
|---|---|
| 提及的人: | John Wesley Powell |
| 材料类型: | 传记 |
| 文件类型: | 书 |
| 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. |
摘要:
"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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