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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Ross, John F., author.     Subjects     Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.     Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)     Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902 -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.     Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.     Canyons -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History -- 19th century.     Explorers -- United States -- Biography.     Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.     Scientists -- United States -- Biography.     Conservationists -- United States -- Biography.     HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.     History -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)     Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.     Canyons.     Discoveries in geography     Explorers     Scientists     Soldiers     Travel     Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration.     West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration.     West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions.     Arizona -- Grand Canyon.     North America -- Colorado River.     United States     United States, West.     Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ross, John F., author.       by title:      The Promise of the G...         MARC Display

The Promise of the Grand Canyon : John Wesley Powell's perilous journey and his vision for the American West / John F. Ross. by Ross, John F., author. New York, New York : Viking, [2018] Description:  xv, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm Contents:  Introduction -- Into the cauldron -- Osage oranges and pink muckets -- Thinking bayonets -- First thoughts west -- Descent -- The canyon -- Encore -- Fighting the national surveys -- A radical idea -- Taking over Washington -- A tough opponent -- Last stand -- Epilogue. Summary:  When John Wesley Powell became the first person to navigate the entire Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon, he completed what Lewis and Clark had begun nearly 70 years earlier--the final exploration of continental America. The son of an abolitionist preacher, a Civil War hero (who lost an arm at Shiloh), and a passionate naturalist and geologist, in 1869 Powell tackled the vast and dangerous gorge carved by the Colorado River and known today (thanks to Powell) as the Grand Canyon." Powell was a scientist, bureaucrat, and land-management pioneer. "He began a national conversation about sustainable development when most everyone else still looked upon land as an inexhaustible resource. Though he supported irrigation and dams, his prescient warnings forecast the 1930s Dust Bowl and the growing water scarcities of today. Practical, yet visionary, Powell didn't have all the answers, but was first to ask the right questions. The son of an abolitionist preacher, a Civil War hero (who lost an arm at Shiloh), and a passionate naturalist and geologist, in 1869 Powell tackled the vast and dangerous gorge carved by the Colorado River and known today (thanks to Powell) as the Grand Canyon. With The Promise of the Grand Canyon, John Ross recreates Powell's expedition in all its glory and terror, but his second (unheralded) career as a scientist, bureaucrat, and land-management pioneer concerns us today. Powell was the first to ask: how should the development of the west be shaped? How much could the land support? What was the role of the government and private industry in all of this? He began a national conversation about sustainable development when most everyone else still looked upon land as an inexhaustible resource. Though he supported irrigation and dams, his prescient warnings forecast the 1930s dustbowl and the growing water scarcities of today. Practical, yet visionary, Powell didn't have all the answers, but was first to ask the right questions. Genre:  Nonfiction. Biography Biographies   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Calmar Campus Library Circulation Stacks (Calmar) 978.02 Ros 2018 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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