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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
by John Wesley Powell
- EXPLORATION
- 2003
- PAPER
- 397 PAGES
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The classic tale of adventure and exploration of the rivers and canyonlands of the Colorado Plateau, originally published in 1875 -- and still essential reading for any traveler to the Grand Canyon. The one-armed explorer/scientist Powell captures all the exhilaration and danger of adventure in unknown territory. He and his men explored 1,000 miles of often-treacherous river in what is now Utah and Arizona.
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