Stegner, Wallace.

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West.

New York: Penguin Books. Paperback. 438 pp. Duodecimo trade paperback [19.5cm] Illustrated wrappers. Index. Illustrated. Introduction by Bernard De Voto. New. Item #12421
ISBN: 9780140159943

A biography of Major John Wesley Powell commonly referred to as the father of the United States Geological Survey. Powell was also the first head of the Bureau of American Ethnology. While this work centers on Powell it is also going to touch on the surveys of Hayden, King and Wheeler.

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