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Down the great unknown, John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon, Edward Dolnick

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Down the great unknown, John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon, Edward Dolnick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-354) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Down the great unknown

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bibliography

Oclc number

50657735

Responsibility statement

Edward Dolnick

Sub title

John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon

Summary

On May 24, 1869, a one-armed Civil War veteran named John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. No one had ever explored the fabled Grand Canyon; to adventurers of that era it was a region almost as mysterious as Atlantis -- and as perilous. The ten men set out down the mighty Colorado River in wooden rowboats. Six survived. Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, true story

Table Of Contents

The challenge -- The crew -- The launch -- Ashley Falls -- Paradise -- Disaster -- Shiloh -- The hornets' nest -- Hell's half mile -- Fire -- The first milestone -- Hoax -- Last taste of civilization -- Trapped -- "Hurra! Hurra! Hurra!" -- Outmatched -- Flash flood -- To the Taj Mahal -- Grand Canyon -- Time's abyss -- The great unknown -- Sockdolager -- Fight -- Misery -- Separation rapid -- Deliverance -- The vanishing

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