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John Wesley Powell
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John Wesley Powell was a U.S. soldier, geologist, explorer of the American West, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for the 1869 Powell Geographic Expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers that included the first passage of European Americans through the Grand Canyon. Powell served as second director of the US Geological Survey (1881-1894), and was also the director of the Bureau...
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When geologist Powell and his party of explorers first assayed the Colorado in 1869, it was North America's longest stretch of uncharted river. This is the story of that three-month, thousand-mile excursion, told in the words of the men who negotiated and mapped the river, through their journals, accounts, and letters. Black-and-white illustrations.
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John Wesley Powell was an American original. He was the last of the nation's great continental explorers and the first of a new breed of public servant: part scientist, part social reformer, part institution builder. His work and life reveal an enduringly valuable way of thinking about land, water, and society as parts of an interconnected whole; he was America's first great bioregional thinker. Seeing Things Whole presents John Wesley Powell in the...
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| c2002 | Adventure Classics/National Geographic | xvii, 269 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. | English | On Shelf
Lamb Branch - ADULT 917.913 P |
| Pub. Date | Source | Edition | Publisher | Language | Availability | |
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| 2011 | OverDrive | Unabridged | Listen2Read | English | Available Online
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| Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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| [1961] | Dover Publications | 400 p. illus., map, port. 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
Rawlings Branch - WESTRES R 917.91 P |
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With "The Exploration of the Colorado River and its Canyons," readers can explore the one-thousand miles of the Colorado River in its natural state nearly one-hundred and fifty years ago. Legendary explorer John Wesley Powell, accompanied by a crew of close friends and associates, details his travels through the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon at a time when much of the area was unknown to contemporary readers. Starting in Wyoming, the crew travelled...
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