John Wesley Powell And The Great Surveys Of The American West
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John Wesley Powell And The Great Surveys Of The American West
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Author : Ann Gaines
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea House
Release Date : 1992
John Wesley Powell And The Great Surveys Of The American West written by Ann Gaines and has been published by Chelsea House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
A biography of the geologist who first explored the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
Great Surveys Of The American West
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Author : Richard A. Bartlett
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1980-12-01
Great Surveys Of The American West written by Richard A. Bartlett and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-12-01 with History categories.
After the Civil War, four geological and geographical surveys, later called the Great Surveys, Undertook the massive task of finding out what lay west of the hundredth meridian in the vast American wilderness. Parties led by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, medical doctor turned geologist, Clarence King, aristocrat and intellectual, John Wesley Powell, conqueror of the Colorado River, and Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, determined military man and scientist, roamed over the wild country during the years 1867-79, observing, analyzing, mapping, and at the end of each season, returning to Washington to publish their results. For the first time in book form, Richard A. Bartlett has recreated for the reader the hardships, both physical and financial, the discoveries, and the high adventures of the bold, headstrong, and often brilliant men of the Great Surveys as they climbed the Rockies, explored the Yellowstone, or battled the Colorado.
A River Running West
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Author : Donald Worster
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002
A River Running West written by Donald Worster and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John Wesley Powell, the great American explorer and environmental pioneer, embodied the energy, optimism, and westward impulse of the young United States. "A River Running West" is a gorgeously written, magisterial account of this towering figure, a true story of undaunted courage. 42 halftones. 7 maps.
Beyond The Hundredth Meridian
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Author : Wallace Stegner
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1992-03-01
Beyond The Hundredth Meridian written by Wallace Stegner and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-03-01 with History categories.
From the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning–author of Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who prophetically warned against the dangers of settling it In Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses 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. A prophet without honor who had a profound understanding of the American West, Powell warned long ago of the dangers economic exploitation would pose to the West and spent a good deal of his life overcoming Washington politics in getting his message across. Only now, we may recognize just how accurate a prophet he was.
John Wesley Powell
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Author : Mary C. Rabbitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
John Wesley Powell written by Mary C. Rabbitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.
John Wesley Powell
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Author : James M. Aton
language : en
Publisher: Bonneville
Release Date : 2010
John Wesley Powell written by James M. Aton and has been published by Bonneville this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Beautifully tells the multidimensional stories of John Wesley Powell's life, from childhood, through his famous and exciting explorations of the Colorado River and his later administrative life.
The Professor Goes West
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Author : Elmo Scott Watson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
The Professor Goes West written by Elmo Scott Watson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.
This is a new release of the original 1954 edition.
Surveying The Record
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Author : Edward Carlos Carter
language : en
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Release Date : 1999
Surveying The Record written by Edward Carlos Carter and has been published by American Philosophical Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Papers given at a conference on Scientific Exploration in North America to 1930 with topics including Cartography, Oceanic Exploration, Art, Anthropology, Lewis and Clark, and the West. This book adds much to our quest for knowledge of who and where we are by illuminating such themes as the role of maps and mapmaking in defining our national identify, the origins of Western exploration, the cultural clash found in the best-selling account of a 19th-century physician-explorer with Arctic peoples, the role of art in the service of science in bringing these newly discovered places and peoples into the Amer. parlor, and the impact of Mormon farming techniques on John Wesley Powell's famed 1878 Arid Region Report. Black and white maps and illus.
The Man Who Rediscovered America
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Author : John Upton Terrell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Man Who Rediscovered America written by John Upton Terrell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Explorers categories.
Exploring The American West 1803 1879
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Author : Richard A. Barlett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983-06
Exploring The American West 1803 1879 written by Richard A. Barlett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-06 with History categories.
Official National Park illustrated handbook chronicles how the land between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean was explored, mapped, photographed, and settled between 1803 and 1879. Part one includes a brief historical narrative of the events that lured men westward between 1803-1879. Part two describes the mountain men, explorers and scientists who helped in the western expansion to the Pacific Ocean. Part three is a documented pictorial record created by artists, cartographers, and photographers who accompanied the organized expeditions to the west.