Exploring The Colorado River Firsthand Accounts By Powell And His Crew

"Cooley's account of the Powell exploration is more human than mythical, and for that reason, more worthwhile."--ChoiceWhen geologist John Wesley Powell and his party of explorers first assayed the Colorado in 1869, it was North America's longest stretch of uncharted river. This is the story of that three-month, thousand-mile excursion, told in the words of the men who negotiated and mapped the river, through their journals, accounts, and letters. Editor John Cooley provides detailed background on the ten men of the expedition and the social environment in which they launched their adventure, and integrates the explorers' accounts into a day-by-day narrative with overlapping but distinctive points of view of the same events. Black-and-white illustrations based on historic photographs provide evocative views.Powell, John Wesley is the author of 'Exploring The Colorado River Firsthand Accounts By Powell And His Crew', published 2004 under ISBN 9780486435251 and ISBN 0486435253.