Down the Great Unknown John Wesley Powell’s 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon 1st Edition by Edward Dolnick ISBN 0060955864 978-0060955861

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ISBN 10: 0060955864 

ISBN 13: 978-0060955861

Author: Edward Dolnick

Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition.

On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. The Grand Canyon, not explored before, was as mysterious as Atlantis—and as perilous. The ten men set out from Green River Station, Wyoming Territory down the Colorado in four wooden rowboats. Ninety-nine days later, six half-starved wretches came ashore near Callville, Arizona.

Lewis and Clark opened the West in 1803, six decades later Powell and his scruffy band aimed to resolve the West’s last mystery. A brilliant narrative, a thrilling journey, a cast of memorable heroes—all these mark Down the Great Unknown, the true story of the last epic adventure on American soil.

 

Table of contents:

 

1. The challenge
2. The crew
3. The launch
4. Ashley Falls
5. Paradise
6. Disaster
7. Shiloh
8. The hornests’ nest
9. Hell’s half mile
10. Fire
11. The first milestone
12. Hoax
13. Last taste of civilization
14. Trapped
15. “Hurra! Hurra! Hurra!”
16. Outmatched
17. Flash flood
18. To the Taj Mahal
19. Grand Canyon
20. Time’s abyss
21. The great unknown
22. Sockdolager
23. Fight
24. Misery
25. Separation rapid
26. Deliverance
27. The vanishing.

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