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

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

John F. Ross

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science adventurous slow-paced
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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...

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