How the Canyon Became Grand: A Short History
by Pyne, Stephen J
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- ISBN 10
- 0670881104
- ISBN 13
- 9780670881109
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Dismissed by the first Spanish explorers as a wasteland, the Grand Canyon lay virtually unnoticed for three centuries until nineteenth- century America rediscovered it and seized it as a national emblem. This extraordinary work of intellectual and environmental history tells two tales of the Canyon: the discovery and exploration of the physical Canyon and the invention and evolution of the cultural Canyon--how we learned to endow it with mythic significance. Acclaimed historian Stephen Pyne examines the major shifts in Western attitudes toward nature, and recounts the achievements of explorers, geologists, artists, and writers, from John Wesley Powell to Wallace Stegner , and how they transformed the Canyon into a fixture of national identity. This groundbreaking book takes us on a completely original journey through the Canyon toward a new understanding of its niche in the American psyche, a journey that mirrors the making of the nation itself.
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- Title
- How the Canyon Became Grand: A Short History
- Author
- Pyne, Stephen J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670881104
- ISBN 13
- 9780670881109
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BZDB185 Americana, West; ISBN: 0670881104 EAN: 9780670881109 Pyne, Stephen J. How the Canyon Became Grand: A Short History
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