عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
F788.P88 W67 2001
F788
.
P88
W67
2001
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0195099915
(Number (ISBN
0195156358
(Number (ISBN
9780195099911
(Number (ISBN
9780195156355
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b717757
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
A river running west :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the life of John Wesley Powell /
First Statement of Responsibility
Donald Worster.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 673 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-644) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
A mission to America -- Rising on the prairie -- The hornets' nest of war -- Westward the naturalist -- Down the great unknown -- Surveying the high plateaus -- Kapurats -- The sublimest thing on earth -- Democracy encounters the desert -- Myths and maps -- Redeeming the earth -- The problem of the West -- Journey's end.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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. In A River Running West, Donald Worster tells the story of Powell's great adventures and describes his historical significance. 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.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Powell, John Wesley,1834-1902.
Powell, John Wesley,1834-1902
Powell, John Wesley,1834-1902.
Powell, John Wesley.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Conservationists-- United States, Biography.
Explorers-- United States, Biography.
Geologists-- United States, Biography.
Conservationists-- United States, Biography.
Conservationists.
Discoveries in geography.
Explorers-- United States, Biography.
Explorers.
Geologists.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Discovery and exploration.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.), Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.), Discovery and exploration.
Arizona, Grand Canyon.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Discovery and exploration.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Discovery and exploration.
North America, Colorado River.
United States.
West (U.S.), Discovery and exploration.
West United States.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
333
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7/2/092
Number
B
Edition
21
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
F788
.
P88
Book number
W67
2001
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Worster, Donald,1941-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201208100127.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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