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Adams Eilean <1923-> |
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Titolo |
Hell or high water : James White's disputed passage through Grand Canyon, 1867 / / Eilean Adams |
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Logan : , : Utah State University Press, , 2001 |
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©2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49050-8 |
9786612490507 |
0-87421-465-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gold miners - Colorado |
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Description and travel |
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Discovery and exploration |
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Description and travel |
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Discovery and exploration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Prologue; 1 Callville; 2 Who Was James White?; 3 White's War; 4 The Road to Gold; 5 The Rescue; 6 Downriver Crier; 7 The News Spreads East; 8 General Palmer and the Railroad Survey; 9 Dr. Parry's Report; 10 Major Calhoun's Version; 11 Major Powell; 12 On the Road Again; 13 Powell's Conquest of the Grand Canyon; 14 Enter Robert Brewster Stanton; 15 Senate Document No. 42; 16 Battle of The Trail; 17 The White Family and Dock Marston; 18 Grand Canyon History: Discoveries and Rediscoveries; 19 Bob Euler and Square One; 20 In James White's Footsteps |
21 Summary and Conclusions: Part A22 Summary and Conclusions: Part B; 23 Summary and Conclusions: Part C; 24 Resolution; Appendix A: James White's 1867 Letter; Appendix B: James White's 1917 Statement; Chapter Notes; References, Sources, and Related Subjects; Author's Note |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Although John Wesley Powell and party are usually given credit for the first river descent through the Grand Canyon, the ghost of James White |
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