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Beyond the hundredth meridian : John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West Cover Image Book Book

Beyond the hundredth meridian : John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the West

Stegner, Wallace 1909-1993 (author.). De Voto, Bernard, 1897-1955 (writer of introduction.).

Summary: "This book goes far beyond biography, into the nature and soul of the American West. It is Stegner at his best, assaying an entire era of our history, packing his pages with insights as shrewd as his prose."--Ivan Doig; back cover.

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  • ISBN: 0140459944
  • ISBN: 9780140459944
  • ISBN: 0140459940
  • ISBN: 9780140159943
  • ISBN: 0140159940
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 438 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
    print
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1954.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-419) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Author's note -- Introduction by Bernard DeVoto -- Threshold -- Plateau province -- Blueprint for a dryland democracy -- Revenue of new discovery -- Opportunity -- Inheritance -- Notes -- Index.

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Subject: États-Unis (ouest) Histoire 1848-1950
Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902)
West United States
United States
Scientists
Land use
Geologists
Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902
Scientifiques États-Unis Biographies
États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire 1890-1945
États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire 1860-1890
États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire 1848-1860
Géologues États-Unis Biographies
Scientists United States Biography
West (U.S.) History 1890-1945
West (U.S.) History 1860-1890
West (U.S.) History 1848-1860
Land use West (U.S.) History
Geologists United States Biography
Powell, John Wesley 1834-1902
Genre: Biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
collective biographies.

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