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Source： ENG
Academic Descriptors： A19200000 A16504000
Publishers： University Press
Place of Publication： United States
Language of Publication： English
Edition： First
Physical Format： Hardbound
Subject Development： Biography
Academic Level： Undergraduate
Geographic Designator： United States

Review：

Kirkus Starred Reviews 6/89 (And Ongoing)
Library Journal - Starred Reviews 1997 (And Ongoing)
LJ Reviews 2001 January #1
LJ Reviews 2002 January #1
Choice Reviews 2001 November

Book Data Full Description：: This is an account of the life of John Wesley Powell. An explorer, scientist, writer, and dedicated conservationist, Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world.

Baker&Taylor Table of Contents：

Prologue: Green River Station, 1869                IX
Part One: Northern Days
  A Mission to America                             3  (34)
  Rising on the Prairie                            37 (48)
  The Hornets' Nest of War                         85 (24)
Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado
  Westward the Naturalist                          109(46)
  Down the Great Unknown                           155(48)
  Surveying the High Plateaus                      203(58)
  Kapurats                                         261(36)
  The Sublimest Thing on Earth                     297(40)
  Democracy Encounters the Desert                  337(46)
Part Three: Washington, D.C.
  Myths and Maps                                   383(54)
  Redeeming the Earth                              437(30)
  The Problem of the West                          467(66)
  Journey's End                                    533(42)
Notes                                              575(36)
Bibliography                                       611(34)
Acknowledgments                                    645(2)
Index                                              647