John Wesley Powell war ein US-amerikanischer Soldat, Geologe und Erforscher des amerikanischen Westens, der vor allem für seine Expedition im Jahr 1869 bekannt ist. Diese dreimonatige Flussreise auf dem Green und Colorado River führte zur ersten Durchquerung des Grand Canyon. Seine umfangreichen wissenschaftlichen und ethnologischen Arbeiten prägten unser Verständnis des amerikanischen Westens.
John Wesley war ein Prediger, Theologe und Geistlicher des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, der mit seinem Bruder Charles die methodistische Bewegung mitbegründete. Wesley schrieb täglich in sein Tagebuch und hielt seine Ansichten, Gedanken, Gefühle und Gebete fest, um sie mit der Welt zu teilen. Das Tagebuch enthält fünfzig Jahre dieser großartigen Reflexionen und Erfahrungen und wird weithin als eines der großen spirituellen Klassiker angesehen.
"One hundred years ago John Wesley Powell set out to explore the Grand Canyon of the Colorado - something no man had attempted before. His official report of the voyage remains one of the great adventure stories in all the literature of the American West."
The great anthropologist's classic treatise on race and culture. One of the most influential books of the century, now available in a value-priced edition. Introduction by Ruth Bunzel.
The uncut version of Powell's narrative covering his exploration of the Colorado River.
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"Combined here are two classics on the nature of native languages of North America: Boas' famous 1911 essay pointing to new methods of research and Powell's pioneering 1891 work on classification."-Scholarly Books in America "Two cognate essays-the first by the world famous anthropologist Franz Boas, expounding his phonetic and grammatical principles in evaluating Indian languages, and the second by the first director of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of Ethnology, John Wesley Powell, which classifies the various 'Amerindian' groups on the basis of language-though issued years ago as Bulletins of the Bureau of Ethnology-are still regarded as fundamental to all subsequent work on the subject."-The World in Books "Both works . . . are of immediate and continuing value, not only to students of linguistics but to all Americanists and anthropologists in general. . . . it must be stressed that all . . . later work stems directly out of the pioneering papers here presented."-Preston Holder, in his preface.
Over 60 gorgeous images by acclaimed landscape photographer Joseph Holmes capture the Colorado River in this lavish yet affordable volume. Paired with compelling selections from John Wesley Powell's classic 19th century travel journals, the photographs showcase the full glory of the Colorado River. Over 60 full-color photos.
