About this title: The author recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. "No library of western/southwestern materials can be without this book. . . ".-- Books of the Southwest.
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Description: SOFT COVER-SOUND VERY GOOD CONDITION-438 pages-Photos- John Wesley Powell, Colorado River, Grand Canyon. No writing or marks in book-Clean tight copy- Penguin Books (1992)-0140159940- read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1954-01-01
Description: Very Good. First Edition. No DJ. Light wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed! read more
Description: Good. 1st, 1954, spine cocked, wear to corners and spine ends, small tears to spine head, front board cracked at top near spine, rear hinge broken, rep torn out, hinge starting p93, o/w interior is sound and clean, fold-out plate at front, dj is very ragged at all edges and front slap folds, large piece missing at dj spine heel, dj spine darkened. First Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. read more
Description: VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD DUST JACKET-First Edition- Houghton Mifflin 1954 First Edition-No price on dust jacket-1954 date on Title Page and 1953 & 1954 on Copyright Page- There is a small gift inscription on the inside of the rear end paper (at the back of the book) dated Christmas 1954-Large foldout in the front of the book is sound and has some wrinkling, but no tears-Binding, Hinges and Text are all very sound-The dust jacket is not priced and is not clipped-The first edition of 6, ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140159943ISBN:0140159940
Description: New. The author recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. "No library of weste... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780140159943ISBN:0140159940
Description: Very Good in Paperback jacket. 8vo. pp. xxiii 438. "The author recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. 'Wear to spine, penned number on front end page. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780803291287ISBN:0803291280
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 8vo. Copyright is 1953/1954; This is the third printing of the Bison edition which was first pubished in 1982; 438 pages, soft bound. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 1982-08
ISBN-13:9780803291287ISBN:0803291280
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 1954
Description: 438pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Tan cloth with gilt stamped titles. Includes an index and a large fold-out of "The Grand Canyon of the Colorado: Panorama looking east, south, and west from Point Sublime, " by William H. Holmes. The book is in very good condition, with lightly rubbed edges. There is a previous owner's ink stamp on the rear pastedown. The half title page has a previous owner's name and brief notation. The dust jacket is in rough condition with creasing and rubbing, and multiple small ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1954
Description: Very Good+ No Jacket. Fold-out map has a few wrinkles. Small previous owner inscription at top of front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers. Light soiling to cloth. read more
Description: First edition. HC, 8vo. 438 pp., fold-out frontis. panorama, b/w illus. Spine slightly cocked and pulled at head, covers dull and rubbed, corners lightly bumped, light soiling to page edges, foxing to page edges and endpapers. No jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 1954
Description: 438pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Tan cloth. Includes an index and a large fold-out of "The Grand Canyon of the Colorado: Panorama looking east, south, and west from Point Sublime, by William H. Holmes. Near fine/Near fine. Nicking to corners of price clipped jacket. A biography of Major John Wesley Powell commonly referred to as the father of the United States Geological Survey. Powell was also the first head of the Bureau of American Ethnology. While this work centers on Powell it is also going to ... read more
"Powell's oaken boats were delivered by rail to Green River, Wyo., at that date the end of the line, but it was just three days later that the golden spike was driven and the transcontinental railroad was completed.
So, John Wesley Powell initiated the original in-depth exploration of the rivers and canyons of the Colorado Plateau at the same point in time that another era in westward expansionism - the wagon trains - came to a close
Stegner points out how Powell's willingness to cede control to others facilitated his mission
The first two chapters provide insights into the history of Middle Park, Colo., and Northwest Colo. that I had not previously understood"
"I really only loved the first third of the book, the part dealing with his first expedition down the Colorado river in its entirety. But I especially appreciated the last 2 thirds of the book that taught me a ton about Powell and the magnitude of the endeavors he had before him. It makes my head hurt just trying to comprehend how he aspired to map the entire U.S. topographically and how he wanted to to establish irrigation agriculture in the West. He was up against something far too big for him--states and squatters wanted their rights before they'd let the federal government decide how land could be parceled out so that no one would starve in the arid region. Powell was ahead of his time in foreseeing the problems that would come if reservoirs and dams and rivers and streams weren't all organized into irrigation patterns ahead of time and his job grew more and more difficult as the lands became more settled, when some government people would tell ridiculous lies about conditions in the west to encourage settlement too. Very educational book."
"dipped into this for a trip down the Grand Canyon. A much getter and more interesting read that THE MAN WHO WALKED THROUGH TIME, and of course, far better prose. The author of ANGLE OF REPOSE is here, even back in 1954. Read the first third which encompasses John Wesley Powell's exploration of the Canyon. Didn't need more, but if you want to know Powell, this is your book."
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