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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West

By Wallace , Earle , Stegner

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
ISBN
9780140159943
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
4 MB (4422177 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

ReviewNo library of western/southwestern materials can be without this book. . . . --Books of the Southwest This book goes far beyond biography, into the nature and soul of the American West. It is Stegner at his best, assaying an entire era of our history, packing his pages with insights as shrewd as his prose. --Ivan Doig Product DescriptionThe author recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. "No library of western/southwestern materials can be without this book. . . ."-- Books of the Southwest.

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