Jean Thor Cook

Broschiertes Buch

John Wesley Powell

American Farmer

Beschreibung

Now You Know about John Wesley POWELL 1834 - 1902 Leader of the first expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon "We are three-quarters of a mile in the depths of the earth . . . . We have an unknown distance yet to run; an unknown river yet to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls rise over the river, we know not." - John Wesley Powell, Journal entry August 13, 1869

Autor

Daniel Blegen taught English, journalism, speech, and drama at the middle school, high school, and community college levels for 34 years. He has written on the arts for magazines and newspapers. He is also a poet and playwright. Blegen is coauthor, with Melvin Bacon, of Bent's Fort: Crossroads of Cultures on the Santa Fe Trail. He lives and writes in Longmont, Colorado.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Filter Press
• Seitenzahl: 86
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 173g
• ISBN-13: 9780865410800
• ISBN-10: 0865410801
• Artikelnr.: 69720736