Control Number | muse60213 |
Control Number Identifier | MdBmJHUP |
Date and Time of Latest Transaction | 20180103104315.0 |
General Information | 170228s2017 nvu o 00 0 eng d |
International Standard Book Number | 9780874175998 |
| 9781943859436 (cloth : alk. paper) |
System Control Number | (OCoLC)980302548 |
Cataloging Source | MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP |
Library of Congress Call Number | F788 .L3373 2017 |
Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 979.1/3 23 |
Main Entry - Personal Name | Lago, Don, 1956-, author. |
Title Statement | The Powell Expedition [electronic resource] : New Discoveries About John Wesley Powell's 1869 River Journey / by Don Lago |
Physical Description | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Formatted Contents Note | Prologue : 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 Name | aGrand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Discovery and exploration. |
| aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel. |
| aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Discovery and exploration.1 |
Subject Added Entry - Personal Name | aSumner, 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 Term | aExplorers -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Biography. |
Index Term - Genre/Form | aElectronic books. -- local0 |
Added Entry - Corporate Name | aProject Muse. |