03376nam 2200745 a 450 991045850060332120211005081010.01-280-45165-30-19-535664-01-4237-6074-31-60256-075-7(CKB)1000000000363283(EBL)679603(OCoLC)552963284(SSID)ssj0000640693(PQKBManifestationID)12245500(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640693(PQKBWorkID)10611963(PQKB)10616812(SSID)ssj0000238782(PQKBManifestationID)11206873(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238782(PQKBWorkID)10235230(PQKB)11433503(MiAaPQ)EBC679603(Au-PeEL)EBL679603(CaPaEBR)ebr10142267(CaONFJC)MIL45165(MiAaPQ)EBC270897(Au-PeEL)EBL270897(OCoLC)936848507(EXLCZ)99100000000036328320000421d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA river running west[electronic resource] the life of John Wesley Powell /Donald WorsterOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (688 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515635-8 0-19-509991-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-644) and index.Machine generated contents note: Part One: Northern Days -- 1 A MISSION TO AMERICA -- 2 RISING ON THE PRAIRIE -- 3 THE HORNETS' NEST OF WAR -- Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado -- 4 WESTWARD THE NATURALIST -- 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN -- 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS -- 7 KAPURATS -- 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH -- 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT -- 10 MYTHS AND MAPS -- 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH -- 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST -- 13 JOURNEY'S END -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.If the word ""hero"" still belonged in the historian's lexicon, it would certainly be applied to John Wesley Powell. Intrepid explorer, careful scientist, talented writer, and dedicated conservationist, Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world. Now comes the first biography of this towering figure in almost fifty years--a book that captures his life in all its heroism, idealism, and ambivalent, ambiguous humanity. In A River Running West, Donald Worster, one of our leading Western historians, tells the story of Powell's gExplorersUnited StatesBiographyConservationistsUnited StatesBiographyColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)Discovery and explorationGrand Canyon (Ariz.)Discovery and explorationWest (U.S.)Discovery and explorationElectronic books.ExplorersConservationists333.7/2/092BWorster Donald1941-128206MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458500603321A river running west2460241UNINA