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A river running west : the life of John Wesley Powell

Author: Donald Worster
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: John Wesley Powell
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Donald Worster
ISBN: 9780195156355 0195156358
OCLC Number: 189712776
Notes: Originally published: 2001.
Description: xiii, 673 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: 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.
Other Titles: Life of John Wesley Powell
Responsibility: Donald Worster.

Abstract:

"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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