River master : John Wesley Powell's legendary exploration of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon / Cecil Kuhne.

9781682680742 (hardcover)
1682680746 (hardcover)

New York, NY : The Countryman Press, [2017]

English

xviii, 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm.

F788 .K94 2017

910.92 B
917.91304/4

In 1869, Civil War veteran and amputee Major John Wesley Powell led an expedition down the uncharted Colorado River through the then-nameless Grand Canyon. This is the story of what started as a geological survey, but ended in danger, chaos, and blood. The men were inexperienced and ill-equipped, and they faced unimaginable peril. Along the way there was death, mutiny, and abject terror, but Powell persevered and produced a masterwork of adventure writing still held in the highest regard by the boatmen who follow his course today.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264) and index.

American grit.

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