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A river running west [electronic resource] : the life of John Wesley Powell / Donald Worster.

By: Worster, Donald, 1941-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: xiii, 673 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 explorationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 333.7/2/092 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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333.7/2/092 B (Browse shelf) Available

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

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.