Title The promise of the Grand Canyon : John Wesley Powell's perilous journey and his vision for the American West / John F. Ross.

Publication Info.	New York, New York : Viking, [2018]
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Description	xv, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-365) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Into the cauldron -- Osage oranges and pink muckets -- Thinking bayonets -- First thoughts west -- Descent -- The canyon -- Encore -- Fighting the national surveys -- A radical idea -- Taking over Washington -- A tough opponent -- Last stand -- Epilogue.
Summary	When John Wesley Powell became the first person to navigate the entire Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon, he completed what Lewis and Clark had begun nearly 70 years earlier--the final exploration of continental America. The son of an abolitionist preacher, a Civil War hero (who lost an arm at Shiloh), and a passionate naturalist and geologist, in 1869 Powell tackled the vast and dangerous gorge carved by the Colorado River and known today (thanks to Powell) as the Grand Canyon." Powell was a scientist, bureaucrat, and land-management pioneer. "He began a national conversation about sustainable development when most everyone else still looked upon land as an inexhaustible resource. Though he supported irrigation and dams, his prescient warnings forecast the 1930s dust bowl and the growing water scarcities of today. Practical, yet visionary, Powell didn't have all the answers, but was first to ask the right questions.
Subject	Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.
	Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
	Canyons -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 19th century.
	Explorers -- United States -- Biography.
	Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
	Scientists -- United States -- Biography.
	Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration.
	West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.
	Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. (OCoLC)fst00006304
	Canyons. (OCoLC)fst00846173
	Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
	Explorers. (OCoLC)fst00918556
	Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
	Soldiers. (OCoLC)fst01125233
	Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
	Arizona -- Grand Canyon. (OCoLC)fst01240455
	North America -- Colorado River. (OCoLC)fst01240026
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	United States, West. (OCoLC)fst01243255
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780525429876 (hardcover)
	0525429875 (hardcover)

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