The Promise of the Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell's Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West
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"A bold study of an eco-visionary at a watershed moment in US history."- Nature A timely, thrilling account of a man who, as an explorer, dared to lead the first successful expedition down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon--and, as an American visionary, waged a bitterly-contested campaign for environmental sustainability in the American West. When John Wesley Powell became the first person to navigate the entire Colorado River, through the Grand...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0525429875
ISBN13:9780525429876
Release Date:July 2018
Publisher:Viking
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.46 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"
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Published by dennis , 12 months ago
This is a waste of time, not very historical, saying " climate change " was talked about back in the day ,WHAT A JOKE, Thought I was gonna have an actual account of journey, not current day BS
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