The Powell Expedition : New Discoveries about John Wesley Powell's 1869 River Journey /

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"John Wesley Powell's 1869 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers and through the Grand Canyon continues to be one of the most celebrated adventures in American history, ranking with the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Apollo landings on the moon. For nearly twenty years Lago has...

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Autor principal: Lago, Don, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno, Nevada, USA : University of Nevada Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
White, James, > 1837-1927.
Sumner, John Colton.
Powell, John Wesley, > 1834-1902.
Howland, Seneca.
Howland, Oramel.
Sumner, John Colton > Travel > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Howland, Oramel > Travel > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Howland, Seneca > Travel > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
White, James, > 1837-1927 > Travel > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Powell, John Wesley, > 1834-1902 > Travel > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Travel.
Explorers.
Discoveries in geography.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > Expeditions & Discoveries.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Adventurers & Explorers.
Explorers > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Biography.
North America > Colorado River.
Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Decouverte et exploration.
Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Descriptions et voyages.
Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Decouverte et exploration.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Discovery and exploration.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Discovery and exploration.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Nonfiction.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : Dreams of rivers, the James White mystery
  • Introduction : Wanted
  • James White
  • An old story
  • Rivals and rails
  • Dawson and Teller
  • Conclusion? The crew
  • The Howland connection
  • Seneca Howland, the unsung hero
  • Call me no name
  • The Howland brothers write home
  • What's eating the Howland brothers?
  • The curse of Howland Island
  • Introducing William H. Dunn
  • Last words before the launch
  • William Hawkins, abducted by alias!
  • The promotion of Andy Hall
  • The westering star of Jack Sumner
  • Why Jack Sumner stayed
  • The madness of Jack Sumner
  • Jack Sumner looks back, John Wesley Powell
  • Horse feathers
  • Major Powell, I presume
  • The impeachment of John Wesley Powell naming names
  • The Maid of the Cañon
  • Lodore the end of the adventure
  • Hats off to Bishop Leithead
  • A hardy welcome
  • The fate of the boats, the fate of the Howlands and William Dunn
  • Introduction
  • Toab
  • The Toquerville hoax
  • Three men sentenced to be shot
  • The aftermath
  • The Arizona strip massacre
  • The afterlife of Hawkins
  • Conclusion? Afterward
  • Ten who bored.

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