An edition of River Master (2017)
River Master
John Wesley Powell's Legendary Exploration of the Colorado River and Grand Canyon
By Cecil Kuhne
Publish Date
2017
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.,The Countryman Press
Language
eng
Pages
288
Description:
In 1869, Civil War veteran and amputee Major John Wesley Powell led an expedition down the uncharted Colorado River through the then-nameless Grand Canyon. This is the story of what started as a geological survey, but ended in danger, chaos, and blood. The men were inexperienced and ill-equipped, and they faced unimaginable peril. Along the way there was death, mutiny, and abject terror, but Powell persevered and produced a masterwork of adventure writing still held in the highest regard by the boatmen who follow his course today.