John Powell's gripping account of his 3-month 1869 expedition to explore the Colorado River territories. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. Penguin Nature Library.
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John Powell's gripping account of his 3-month 1869 expedition to explore the Colorado River territories. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. Penguin Nature Library.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Introduction by Wallace Stegner. Over 100 b/w Illustratrations throughout. Clean and unmarked cover. Tightly bound. No edgewear, no creasing. Page block edges clean. Frontspiece: Portrait of John Wesley Powell. Pages clean and free from any markings, toned. First published in 1895 under the title "Canyons of the Colorado". This edition first published by Penguin in 1987. John Wesley Powell (1834-1902, the one-armed major, led expeditions in 1869 and 1872 that explored, mapped, and obtained geologic data on the Colorado River. This is an account of the 1869 expedition that turned into a harrowing adventure through some of the roughest, most beautiful country in America. 37 pages plus maps. Penguin USA, New York, 1987.
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