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1) Powell of the Colorado

Author

Darrah, William C

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Pub. Date

1951

Physical Desc

ix, 426 p. illus., ports. 25 cm.

Language

English

2) The man who rediscovered America: a biography of John Wesley Powell

Author

Terrell, John Upton

Publisher

Weybright and Talley

Pub. Date

[1969]

Physical Desc

281 p. maps. 22 cm.

Language

English

3) Beyond the hundredth meridian: John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West

Author

Stegner, Wallace

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, Reference Book

Description

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Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner recounts the remarkable career of Major John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of the Southwest Indian tribes. This classic work is a penetrating and insightful study of Powell's career, from the beginning of the Powell Survey, in which Powell and his men famously became the first to descend the Colorado River, to his

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4) Down the Colorado: diary of the first trip through the Grand Canyon, 1869

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Publisher

E. P. Dutton

Pub. Date

1969

Physical Desc

168 p. illus., map, col. plates. 37 cm.

Language

English

5) A canyon voyage: the narrative of the second Powell expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the explorations on land, in the years 1871 and 1872

Author

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Publisher

H. Milford, Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

1926

Physical Desc

xxviii, 277 p. col front., plates, port., maps (part fold.) 23 cm.

Language

English

6) Powell's Canyon voyage

Author

Rusho, W. L

Series

Wild and woolly West books volume 11

Publisher

Filter Press

Pub. Date

1969

Physical Desc

viii, 44 p. illus., port. 21 cm.

Language

English

7) John Wesley Powell's exploration of the Colorado River

Author

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Publisher

United States Government Printing Office

Pub. Date

1974

Physical Desc

28 p. : illus., ports., maps., 24 cm.

Language

English

8) The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons

Author

Powell, John Wesley

Series

American Adventure Library
National Geographic adventure classics

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Reference Book

Description

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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...

9) Photographed all the best scenery: Jack Hillers's diary of the Powell expeditions, 1871-1875

Author

Hillers, John K

Series

University of Utah publications in the American West volume 9

Publisher

University of Utah Press

Pub. Date

[1972]

Physical Desc

225 p. illus. 21 x 28 cm.

Language

English

10) The last river: John Wesley Powell & the Colorado River Exploration Expedition / by Stuart Waldman ; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

Author

Waldman, Stuart

Series

Great explorers book

Publisher

Mikaya Press

Pub. Date

2005

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

47 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Language

English

11) Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the one-armed explorer

Author

Ray, Deborah Kogan

Publisher

Francis Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., map ; 29 cm.

Language

English

Description

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After losing part of his arm in the Civil War, John Wesley Powell's passion to explore the natural world would not be deterred and he kept his dream of exploring the vast Colorado River and all its wonders, including the Grand Canyon.

12) Colorado River controversies

Author

Stanton, Robert Brewster

Publisher

Westwater Books

Pub. Date

1982

Physical Desc

xlvii, 261 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Language

English

13) Major Impossible

Author

Hale, Nathan

Series

Nathan Hale's hazardous tales

Publisher

Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams

Pub. Date

2019.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Traces the story of John Wesley Powell, an explorer who after losing an arm during the American Civil War joined the 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition on a dangerous journey through the Grand Canyon.

14) A river running west: the life of John Wesley Powell

Author

Worster, Donald

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2001

Physical Desc

xiii, 673 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

15) In the footsteps of John Wesley Powell: an album of comparative photographs of the Green and Colorado rivers, 1871-72 and 1968

Author

Stephens, Hal G

Publisher

Powell Society

Pub. Date

c1987

Physical Desc

x, 286 pages : illustration, maps ; 24 cm

Language

English

16) The wild Colorado: the true adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, age 17, on the second Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon

Author

Maurer, Richard

Publisher

Crown Publishers

Pub. Date

c1999

Physical Desc

120 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the adventures of seventeen-year-old Fred Dellenbaugh, the youngest member of the second Powell expedition, which explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon in 1871-2.

17) The diary of Almon Harris Thompson: explorations of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries, 1871-1875

Author

Thompson, A. H

Publisher

Utah State Historical Society

Pub. Date

2009

Physical Desc

143 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

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1) Powell of the Colorado

2) The man who rediscovered America: a biography of John Wesley Powell

3) Beyond the hundredth meridian: John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West

4) Down the Colorado: diary of the first trip through the Grand Canyon, 1869

5) A canyon voyage: the narrative of the second Powell expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the explorations on land, in the years 1871 and 1872

6) Powell's Canyon voyage

7) John Wesley Powell's exploration of the Colorado River

8) The exploration of the Colorado River and its canyons

9) Photographed all the best scenery: Jack Hillers's diary of the Powell expeditions, 1871-1875

10) The last river: John Wesley Powell & the Colorado River Exploration Expedition / by Stuart Waldman ; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

11) Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the one-armed explorer

12) Colorado River controversies

13) Major Impossible

14) A river running west: the life of John Wesley Powell

15) In the footsteps of John Wesley Powell: an album of comparative photographs of the Green and Colorado rivers, 1871-72 and 1968

16) The wild Colorado: the true adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, age 17, on the second Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon

17) The diary of Almon Harris Thompson: explorations of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries, 1871-1875

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