The Promise of the Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell's Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West

by John F. Ross

Book Overview

"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"

Customer Reviews

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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