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A river running west : the life of John Wesley Powell /
Intrepid explorer, careful scientist, talented writer, and dedicated conservationist, Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world. In A River Running West, Donald Worster tells the story of Powell's great adventures and descr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: Green River Station, 1869; Part One: Northern Days; 1 A Mission to America; 2 Rising on the Prairie; 3 The Hornets' Nest of War; Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado; 4 Westward the Naturalistio; 5 Down the Great Unknown; 6 Surveying the High Plateaus; 7 Kapurats; 8 The Sublimest thing on Earth; 9 Democracy Encounters the Desert; Part Three: Washington, D.C.; 10 Myths and Maps; 11 Redeeming the Earth; 12 The Problem of the West; 13 Journey's End; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.