Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Autor Wallace Earle Stegner Bernard Augustine De Votoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 feb 1992 – vârsta de la 18 ani
In this book 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."This book goes far beyond biography, into the nature and soul of the American West. It is Stegner at his best, assaying an entire era of our history, packing his pages with insights as shrewd as his prose." —Ivan Doig
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780140159943
ISBN-10: 0140159940
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
ISBN-10: 0140159940
Pagini: 496
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Cuprins
Introduction by Bernard DeVoto
I: The Threshold
II: The Plateau Province
III: Blueprint for a Dryland Democracy
IV: The Revenue of New Discovery
V: The Opportunity
VI: The Inheritance
Notes
Index
I: The Threshold
II: The Plateau Province
III: Blueprint for a Dryland Democracy
IV: The Revenue of New Discovery
V: The Opportunity
VI: The Inheritance
Notes
Index
Descriere
The author recounts the successes 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. "No library of western/southwestern materials can be without this book. . . ".-- Books of the Southwest.
Notă biografică
Wallace Stegner