A river running west : the life of John Wesley Powell / / Donald Worster
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| Autore: |
Worster Donald <1941->
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| Titolo: |
A river running west : the life of John Wesley Powell / / Donald Worster
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (688 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.7/2/092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Explorers - United States |
| Conservationists - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Discovery and exploration |
| Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Discovery and exploration | |
| West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-644) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 g |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A river running west |
| ISBN: | 1-280-45165-3 |
| 0-19-535664-0 | |
| 1-4237-6074-3 | |
| 1-60256-075-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821848603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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