A river running west
Subtitle: the life of John Wesley Powell
By: Donald Worster.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 673
Subjects: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Explorers -- United States -- Biography; Conservationists -- United States -- Biography; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-644) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part One: Northern Days; title: 1 A MISSION TO AMERICA; title: 2 RISING ON THE PRAIRIE; title: 3 THE HORNETS' NEST OF WAR; title: Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado; title: 4 WESTWARD THE NATURALIST; title: 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN; title: 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS; title: 7 KAPURATS; title: 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH; title: 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT; title: 10 MYTHS AND MAPS; title: 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH; title: 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST; title: 13 JOURNEY'S END; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index.