The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
by Powell, John Wesley (Author); Stegner, Wallace (Introduction by)Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Summary
What started as a scientific expedition turned into a harrowing adventure through some of the roughest and most beautiful country in America. It was May of 1869 when a Civil War veteran and nine other men descended with four boats into a branch of the Colorado River for what they believed would be a ten-month excursion through the last unmapped territory of the continental United States. Three months and one thousand miles later, six emaciated men in two boats emerged in the open waters of the Virgin River. They had survived famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man. Their story, recounted by John Wesley Powell in his journals, remains as fresh and exciting today as it did in 1874 when it first appeared in serial form in Scribner's magazine. Book jacket.
Author Biography
John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a professor of geology and director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including the National Book Award-winning The Spectator Bird and Angle of Repose, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) was the author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including the National Book Award-winning The Spectator Bird and Angle of Repose, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
Table of Contents
| The Valley of the Colorado | p. 17 |
| Mesas and Buttes | p. 39 |
| Mountains and Plateaus | p. 67 |
| Cliffs and Terraces | p. 89 |
| From Green River City to Flaming Gorge | p. 117 |
| From Flaming Gorge to the Gate of Lodore | p. 133 |
| The Canyon of Lodore | p. 151 |
| From Echo Park to the Mouth of the Uinta River | p. 167 |
| From the Mouth of the Uinta River to the Junction of the Grand and Green | p. 189 |
| From the Junction of the Grand and Green to the Mouth of the Little Colorado | p. 211 |
| From the Little Colorado to the Foot of the Grand Canyon | p. 247 |
| The Rio Virgen and the Uinkaret Mountains | p. 289 |
| Over the River | p. 327 |
| To Zuni | p. 351 |
| The Grand Canyon | p. 379 |
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