| Description |
xii, 397 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
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Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Note |
Previously published as: Caynons of the Colorado. Meadville, PA : Flood & Vincent, 1895. Contains chapters 1-9 of Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries as well as 6 additional chapters. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. The Valley of Colorado -- ch. 2. Mesas and buttes -- ch. 3. Mountains and plateaus -- ch. 4. Cliffs and terraces -- ch. 5. From Green River City to Flaming Gorge -- ch. 6. From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore -- ch. 7. The Canyon of Lodore -- ch. 8. From Echo Park to the mouth of the Uinta River -- ch. 9. From the mouth of the Uinta River to the junction of the Grand and Green -- ch. 10. From the junction of the Grand and Green to the Grand Canyon -- ch. 11. From the Little Colorado to the foot of the Grand Canyon -- ch. 12. The Rio Virgen and the Uinkaret Mountains -- ch. 13. Over the river -- ch. 14. To Zuñi -- ch. 15. The Grand Canyon. |
| Summary |
"What started as a scientific expedition turned into a harrowing adventure through some of the roughest and most beautiful country in America. It was May of 1869 when a Civil War veteran and nine other men descended with four boats into a branch of the Colorado River for what they believed would be a ten-month excursion through the last unmapped territory of the continental United States. Three months and one thousand miles later, six emaciated men in two boats emerged in the open waters of the Virgin River. They had survived famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man. Their story, recounted by John Wesley Powell in his journals, remains as fresh and exciting today as it did in 1874 when it first appeared in serial form in Scribner's magazine. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. (OCoLC)fst00006304
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel.
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Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration.
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Canyons -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 19th century.
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Southwest, New -- Description and travel.
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Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration.
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Canyons. (OCoLC)fst00846173
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Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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North America -- Colorado River.
(OCoLC)fst01240026
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Southwest, New. (OCoLC)fst01244556
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Canyons of the Colorado
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| ISBN |
0142437522 |
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9780142437520 |
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