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$16.00
Paperbound
438 pages
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Beyond
the
Hundredth Meridian
John
Wesley Powell
and the second
opening of the west |
The
successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, who explored the
Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of
the American Southwest. A prophet without honor who had a profound
understanding of the American West. Powell warned long ago of the dangers
economic exploitation would pose to the West. Only now, we may
recognize just how accurate a prophet he was. |
| Wallace
Stegner |
$13.95
Paperbound
367 pages
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Down
the Great Unknown
John
Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy through the Grand
Canyon |
On
May 23, 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran named John Wesley Powell and
a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in
the American West. No one had ever explored the fabled Grand
Canyon; to adventurers of that era it was a region almost as mysterious
as Atlantis -- and as perilous.
The ten men set out down the mighty
Colorado River in wooden rowboats. Six survived. |
| Edward
Dolnick |
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$10.95
Paperbound
397 pages
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The Exploration Of The Colorado River And Its
Canyons |
On
May 24, 1869, ten men in four boats pushed off at Green River,
Wyoming. On August 30, six men in two boats down to their last ten
pounds of moldy flour, fifteen pounds of dried and re-dried and re-dried
apples and a few pounds of coffee, came out into open country at the
mouth of the Virgin River - blackened, bearded, emaciated, in rags - and
saw three Mormons and an Indian seining for fish in the shallows.
This is a griping tale of the first trip down the Colorado River. |
| John Wesley Powell |
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$8.95
Softcover
76 pages |
John Wesley Powell
Soldier Explorer Scientist |
Leader of the first expedition down the
Colorado River through the Grand Canyon:
"We are three-quarters of a mile in the
depths of the earth...We have an unknown distance yet to run; an unknown
river yet to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what
rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls rise over the river, we
know not." August 13, 1869 |
|
Jean Thor Cook |
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$7.95
Paperbound
64 pages
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John
Wesley Powell:
Voyage of Discovery
The Story Behind
the Scenery |
The
story of Powell's exploration of the Green River from Green River City,
Wyoming to the Grand Canyon in Arisona.
Stunning 9"x12" photos. |
Edited
by
Mary L. Van Camp |
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$2.95
Paperbound
45 pages
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Powell's
Colorado River
Expedition Coloring Book |
Nearly
40 dramatic illustration recall John Wesley Powell's epic 19th century
expedition in the valley of the Colorado. Ages 6-10. |
| Peter
F. Copeland |
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$35.00
Hardbound
673 pages
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A
River Running West
The
Life of
John Wesley Powell
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John
Wesley Powell embodied the
energy, optimism, and westward impulse
of America in his time. This important new
biography captures this spirit, providing a
magisterial life of this great American explorer
and an unforgettable chapter in the sage of the
American West. (Jacket Cover) |
| Donald
Worster |
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