Author : Michael Patrick Ghiglieri
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
ISBN : 9780970097323
"In these new and accurate transcriptions, long overdue, of the letters and diaries written during the expedition, the crew members emerge from the shadows to tell their stories, often differing from the account written by expedition leader John Wesley Powell"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Peter Anderson
Publisher :
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780531202593
Describes the geology, evolution, and beauty of the Grand Canyon by leading the reader down the Bright Angel Trail.
Author : Ellsworth Leonardson Kolb
Publisher :
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
ISBN :
Author : Kevin Fedarko
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2014-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439159866
The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
Author : Deborah Kogan Ray
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,31 MB
Release : 2007-10-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780374318383
Chronicles the experiences of John Wesley Powell, who led the first scientific expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon.
Author : Colin Fletcher
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0804152446
The remarkable classic of nature writing by the first man ever to have walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon.
Author : Jason Chin
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1250155436
Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon. Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls for millennia, the Grand Canyon is much more than just a hole in the ground. Follow a father and daughter as they make their way through the cavernous wonder, discovering life both present and past. Weave in and out of time as perfectly placed die cuts show you that a fossil today was a creature much long ago, perhaps in a completely different environment. Complete with a spectacular double gatefold, an intricate map and extensive back matter.
Author : Eliot Porter
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 25,64 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Explorers
ISBN :
One hundred years ago John Wesley Powell set out to explore the Grand Canyon of the Colorado - something no man had attempted before. His official report of the voyage remains one of the great adventure stories in all the literature of the American West.
Author : John Wesley Powell
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
ISBN :
Author : Edward Dolnick
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,28 MB
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 006176034X
Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition. On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. The Grand Canyon, not explored before, was as mysterious as Atlantis—and as perilous. The ten men set out from Green River Station, Wyoming Territory down the Colorado in four wooden rowboats. Ninety-nine days later, six half-starved wretches came ashore near Callville, Arizona. Lewis and Clark opened the West in 1803, six decades later Powell and his scruffy band aimed to resolve the West’s last mystery. A brilliant narrative, a thrilling journey, a cast of memorable heroes—all these mark Down the Great Unknown, the true story of the last epic adventure on American soil.
