River Master
Subtitle: John Wesley Powell's Legendary Exploration of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.; The Countryman Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781682680742
Subjects: Powell, john wesley, 1834-1902; Explorers; Arizona, biography; Colorado river and valley, description and travel; Grand canyon (ariz.)
Description: In 1869, Civil War veteran and amputee Major John Wesley Powell led an expedition down the uncharted Colorado River through the then-nameless Grand Canyon. This is the story of what started as a geological survey, but ended in danger, chaos, and blood. The men were inexperienced and ill-equipped, and they faced unimaginable peril. Along the way there was death, mutiny, and abject terror, but Powell persevered and produced a masterwork of adventure writing still held in the highest regard by the boatmen who follow his course today.