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Control Numbermuse60213
Control Number IdentifierMdBmJHUP
Date and Time of Latest Transaction20180103104315.0
General Information170228s2017 nvu o 00 0 eng d
International Standard Book Number9780874175998
 9781943859436 (cloth : alk. paper)
System Control Number(OCoLC)980302548
Cataloging SourceMdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP
Library of Congress Call NumberF788 .L3373 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification Number979.1/3 23
Main Entry - Personal NameLago, Don, 1956-, author.
Title StatementThe Powell Expedition [electronic resource] : New Discoveries About John Wesley Powell's 1869 River Journey / by Don Lago
Physical Description1 online resource (pages cm)
Formatted Contents NotePrologue : Dreams of rivers, the James White mystery -- Introduction : Wanted - James White -- An old story -- Rivals and rails -- Dawson and Teller -- Conclusion? The crew -- The Howland connection -- Seneca Howland, the unsung hero -- Call me no name -- The Howland brothers write home -- What's eating the Howland brothers? -- The curse of Howland Island -- Introducing William H. Dunn -- Last words before the launch -- William Hawkins, abducted by alias! -- The promotion of Andy Hall -- The westering star of Jack Sumner -- Why Jack Sumner stayed -- The madness of Jack Sumner -- Jack Sumner looks back, John Wesley Powell -- Horse feathers -- Major Powell, I presume -- The impeachment of John Wesley Powell naming names -- The Maid of the Can?on -- Lodore the end of the adventure -- Hats off to Bishop Leithead -- A hardy welcome -- The fate of the boats, the fate of the Howlands and William Dunn -- Introduction -- Toab -- The Toquerville hoax -- Three men sentenced to be shot -- The aftermath -- The Arizona strip massacre -- The afterlife of Hawkins -- Conclusion? Afterward -- Ten who bored.
Subject Added Entry - Geographic NameaGrand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration.
 aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel.
 aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration.1
Subject Added Entry - Personal NameaSumner, John Colton -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)1
 aHowland, Oramel -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)1
 aHowland, Seneca -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)1
 aWhite, James, -- 1837-1927 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)1
 aPowell, John Wesley, -- 1834-1902 -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Subject Added Entry - Topical TermaExplorers -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Biography.
Index Term - Genre/FormaElectronic books. -- local0
Added Entry - Corporate NameaProject Muse.
 
     
 
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