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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
Year
1992
ISBN
9780140159943
Open Library ID
OL7349066M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
4 MB (4414989 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2012-03-07 16:50:00

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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