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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionseBook editionsBeyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the Westby Wallace Stegner
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In this book Wallace Stegner 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. 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. Review:"This book goes far beyond biography, into the nature of the 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 Review:"The surrender of self-righteousness would be an enormous boon to the environmental cause. Acknowledging the unedited, complicated, utilitarian John Wesley Powell as an ideological parent would be a big step in that laudable direction, and it is this step that Worster's thorough and empathetic biography makes possible." Los Angeles Times About the AuthorWallace Stegner was an enormous presence in the American literary landscape, a man who wrote and lived with ferocity, energy, and integrity. Table of ContentsIntroduction 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 What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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