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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
673

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Subjects

Conservationists, Open Library Staff Picks, Explorers, Biography, Discovery and exploration, Powell, john wesley, 1834-1902, West (u.s.), discovery and exploration, Geologists, Discoveries in geography

People

John Wesley Powell (1834-1902)

Places

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), United States, West (U.S.)
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Cover of: A River Running West
A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
September 30, 2002, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
Cover of: River Running West
River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
2001, Oxford University Press
in English
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A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
January 2001, Books on Tape
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A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
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A River Running West: The Life of John Wesley Powell
2000-12-31, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-644) and index.

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Oxford, New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
333.7/2/092, B
Library of Congress
F788.P88 W67 2001, F788.P88W67 2001, F 788 P88 W67 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 673 p. :
Number of pages
673

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6782934M
ISBN 10
0195099915
LCCN
00032623
OCLC/WorldCat
44019106
Library Thing
549367
Goodreads
3434289

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