First Through Grand Canyon: The Secret Journals & Letters of the 1869 Crew Who Explored the Green & Colorado Rivers
by Michael P. Ghiglieri
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0970097328
- ISBN 13
- 9780970097323
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Puma Press, 2015. Third. Paperback. New. New softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6 x 1 x 8.75 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes graphs, maps, tables, sources list and an index. 342 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In May of 1869, eleven men embarked on a journey of exploration and discovery. 98 days later six of them arrived 1000 miles away after navigating the Green and Colorado Rivers to the end of Grand Canyon. The journals and writings of the expedition leader, John Wesley Powell have been extensively published but here, for the first time, are the newly transcribed, unabridged journals and letters of some of the other members of the group. Author Ghiglieri has used his extensive river running experience to introduce the whole group and their exploits of courage and endurance.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In May of 1869, eleven men embarked on a journey of exploration and discovery. 98 days later six of them arrived 1000 miles away after navigating the Green and Colorado Rivers to the end of Grand Canyon. The journals and writings of the expedition leader, John Wesley Powell have been extensively published but here, for the first time, are the newly transcribed, unabridged journals and letters of some of the other members of the group. Author Ghiglieri has used his extensive river running experience to introduce the whole group and their exploits of courage and endurance.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- Title
- First Through Grand Canyon: The Secret Journals & Letters of the 1869 Crew Who Explored the Green & Colorado Rivers
- Author
- Michael P. Ghiglieri
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third
- ISBN 10
- 0970097328
- ISBN 13
- 9780970097323
- Publisher
- Puma Press
- Place of Publication
- Flagstaff, Arizona, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- Colorado River, Exploration, Old West,
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- National Parks;
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