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John F. Ross

The Promise of the Grand Canyon

John Wesley Powell's Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West

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A convincing case for Powell's legacy as a pioneering conservationist.--The Wall Street JournalA bold study of an eco-visionary at a watershed moment in US history.--NatureA timely, thrilling account of the explorer who dared to lead the first successful expedition down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon-and waged a bitterly-contested campaign for sustainability in the West.John Wesley Powell's first descent of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1869 counts among the most dramatic chapters in American exploration history. When the Canyon spit out the surviving members of the expedition-starving, battered, and nearly naked-they… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-14-312895-3
  • EAN: 9780143128953
  • Produktnummer: 29122927
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 416 S.

Über den Autor


John Ross is a former editor of American Heritage and an adventure writer with extensive whitewater experience. His previous books are Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the Dawn of the Age of Speed and War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier, which won the Fort Ticonderoga Award for Contributions to American History.

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