Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell & the Second Opening of the West
Format: MP3 CD
ISBN:
9781441736017 (1441736018)
Publish date: September 1st 2010
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Pages no: 2
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Biography,
History,
Science,
American,
Environment,
Nature,
Geography,
American History,
Americana,
Western
A ponderous study of John Wesley Powell. Powell's exploratory river trip down the Colorado and ultimately through the Grand Canyon was the highlight of this biography. Unfortunately, it's downhill from there, with the minutiae of the politics involved with Powell's subsequent fights in Washington,...
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