TY - BOOK AU - Worster,Donald ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - A river running west: the life of John Wesley Powell AV - F788.P88 W67 2001eb U1 - 333.7/2/092B 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Powell, John Wesley, KW - Explorers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Conservationists KW - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Grand Canyon (Ariz.) KW - West (U.S.) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-644) and index; Machine generated contents note: 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 NATURALIST -- 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN -- 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS -- 7 KAPURATS -- 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH -- 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT -- 10 MYTHS AND MAPS -- 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH -- 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST -- 13 JOURNEY'S END -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10142267 ER -