{"product_id":"the-promise-of-the-grand-canyon-john-wesley-powells-perilous-journey-and-his-vision-for-the-american-west-9780143128953","title":"The Promise of the Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell's Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A convincing case for Powell's legacy as a pioneering conservationist.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A bold study of an eco-visionary at a watershed moment in US history.\"--\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA timely, thrilling account of the explorer who dared to lead the first successful expedition down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon--and waged a bitterly-contested campaign for sustainability in the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Wesley Powell's first descent of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in 1869 counts among the most dramatic chapters in American exploration history. When the Canyon spit out the surviving members of the expedition--starving, battered, and nearly naked--they had accomplished what others thought impossible and finished the exploration of continental America that Lewis and Clark had begun almost 70 years before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With \u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the Grand Canyon\u003c\/i\u003e, John F. Ross tells how that perilous expedition launched the one-armed Civil War hero on the path to becoming the nation's foremost proponent of environmental sustainability and a powerful, if controversial, visionary for the development of the American West. So much of what he preached--most broadly about land and water stewardship--remains prophetically to the point today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John F. Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143128953","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43446832234633,"sku":"9780143128953","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_f5e9e1ad-9be4-4fde-8d87-904e005275e4.jpg?v=1741682547","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-promise-of-the-grand-canyon-john-wesley-powells-perilous-journey-and-his-vision-for-the-american-west-9780143128953","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}