Down the great unknown John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon /
On May 24, 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran named John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. No one had ever explored the fabled Grand Canyon; to adventurers of that era it was a region almost as mysterious as Atlantis -- and a...
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| Main Author: |
Dolnick, Edward, 1952- |
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Book
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| Language: |
English
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New York :
Perennial,
[2002]
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
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| Edition: |
1st Perennial ed. |
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