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The Colorado River Region And John Wesley Powell
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Author : Mary C. Rabbitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Colorado River Region And 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 1969 with Geology categories.
The Colorado River Region And John Wesley Powell
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Author : Mary C. Rabbitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-09
The Colorado River Region And 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 2001-09 with Science categories.
Over a century ago John Wesley Powell - teacher, scientist, and veteran of the Civil War - set out to explore the unknown reaches of the Colorado River. He emerged from the forbidding canyons with a compelling interest in the nature of the western lands and how they could be developed for the greatest benefit to the Nation. A man gifted with imagination, yet always tempered by the scientist's appreciation for facts, Powell became one of the country's most vigorous proponents for the orderly development of the public domain and the wise use of its natural resources.Throughout his lifetime, Powell stood firm in his belief that science, as a sound basis for human progress, should serve all the people, and he played an important role in organizing and directing scientific activities of the U.S. Government. His zeal led to the establishment of the Geological Survey in the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Ethnology in the Smithsonian Institution. He also helped to found the National Geographic Society.This collection of papers was originally published as a U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper in 1969 to honor Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River. It includes:John Wesley Powell: Pioneer Statesman of Federal Science by Mary C. RabbittStratified Rocks of the Grand Canyon by Edwin D. McKeeGeologic History of the Colorado River by Charles D. HuntThe Rapids and the Pools - Grand Canyon by Luna B. Leopold
The Colorado River Region And John Wesley Powell
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Author : Mary C. Rabbitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Colorado River Region And 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 1969 with Geology categories.
A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River, 1869-1969.
Vision And Place
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Author : Jason Robison
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2020-10-27
Vision And Place written by Jason Robison and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Nature categories.
The Colorado River Basin’s importance cannot be overstated. Its living river system supplies water to roughly forty million people, contains Grand Canyon National Park, Bears Ears National Monument, and wide swaths of other public lands, and encompasses ancestral homelands of twenty-nine Native American tribes. John Wesley Powell, a one-armed Civil War veteran, explorer, scientist, and adept federal administrator, articulated a vision for Euro-American colonization of the “Arid Region” that has indelibly shaped the basin—a pattern that looms large not only in western history, but also in contemporary environmental and social policy. One hundred and fifty years after Powell’s epic 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition, this volume revisits Powell’s vision, examining ts historical character and its relative influence on the Colorado River Basin’s cultural and physical landscape in modern times. In three parts, the volume unpacks Powell’s ideas on water, public lands, and Native Americans—ideas at once innovative, complex, and contradictory. With an eye toward climate change and a host of related challenges facing the basin, the volume turns to the future, reflecting on how—if at all—Powell’s legacy might inform our collective vision as we navigate a new “Great Unknown.”
Physiographic Regions Of The United States
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Author : John Wesley Powell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Physiographic Regions Of The United States written by John Wesley Powell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Physical geography categories.
A River Running West
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Author : Donald Worster
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-11-28
A River Running West written by Donald Worster and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
If the word "hero" still belonged in the historian's lexicon, it would certainly be applied to John Wesley Powell. Intrepid explorer, careful scientist, talented writer, and dedicated conservationist, Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world. Now comes the first biography of this towering figure in almost fifty years--a book that captures his life in all its heroism, idealism, and ambivalent, ambiguous humanity. In A River Running West, Donald Worster, one of our leading Western historians, tells the story of Powell's great adventures and describes his historical significance with compelling clarity and skill. Worster paints a vivid portrait of how this man emerged from the early nineteenth-century world of immigrants, fervent religion, and rough-and-tumble rural culture, and barely survived the Civil War battle at Shiloh. The heart of Worster's biography is Powell's epic journey down the Colorado in 1869, a tale of harrowing experiences, lethal accidents, and breathtaking discoveries. After years in the region collecting rocks and fossils and learning to speak the local Native American languages, Powell returned to Washington as an eloquent advocate for the West, one of America's first and most influential conservationists. But in the end, he fell victim to a clique of Western politicians who pushed for unfettered economic development, relegating the aging explorer to a quiet life of anthropological contemplation. John Wesley Powell embodied the energy, optimism, and westward impulse of the young United States. A River Running West is a gorgeously written, magisterial account of this great American explorer and environmental pioneer, a true story of undaunted courage in the American West.
The Exploration Of The Colorado River And Its Canyons
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Author : J. W. Powell
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-12-27
The Exploration Of The Colorado River And Its Canyons written by J. W. Powell and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-27 with History categories.
Full text of Powell's 1,000-mile expedition down the fabled Colorado in 1869. Superb account of terrain, geology, vegetation, Indians, famine, mutiny, treacherous rapids, mighty canyons. 240 illustrations.
Seeing Things Whole
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Author : John Wesley Powell
language : en
Publisher: Shearwater Books
Release Date : 2001-07
Seeing Things Whole written by John Wesley Powell and has been published by Shearwater Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Seeing Things Whole presents the essence of the extraordinary legacy that John Wesley Powell has left to the American people, and to people everywhere who strive to reconcile the demands of society with the imperatives of the land.
Canyons Of The Colorado
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Author : John Wesley Powell
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2023-11-10
Canyons Of The Colorado written by John Wesley Powell and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with Fiction categories.
"Canyons of the Colorado" by John Wesley Powell. Published by DigiCat. DigiCat publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each DigiCat edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Powell Of The Colorado
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Author : William Culp Darrah
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-08
Powell Of The Colorado written by William Culp Darrah and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-08 with History categories.
In May 1869, Major John Wesley Powell, geologist, enthnologist, and geographer set out from Green River, Wyoming, with nine men and four boats to explore the forbidding canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona, which had blocked all central travel routes to the West Coast. Powell of the Colorado describes this exploration. Originally published in 1951. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.