Damming Grand Canyon: The 1923 Usgs Colorado River Expedition
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In 1923, America paid close attention, via special radio broadcasts, newspaper headlines, and cover stories in popular magazines, as a government party descended the Colorado to survey Grand Canyon. Fifty years after John Wesley Powell's journey, the canyon still had an aura of mystery and extreme danger. At one point, the party was thought lost in a flood. Something important besides adventure was going on. Led by Claude Birdseye and including colorful...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0874216605
ISBN13:9780874216608
Release Date:May 2007
Publisher:Utah State University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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