One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man remains as fresh and exciting today as it was in 1874.The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons , recently ranked number four on Adventure magazine’s list of top 100 classics, is legendary pioneer John Wesley Powell’s first-person account of his crew’s unprecedented odyssey along the Green and Colorado Rivers and through the Grand Canyon. A bold foray into the heart of the American West’s final frontier, the expedition was achieved without benefit of modern river-running equipment, supplies, or a firm sense of the region’s perilous topography and the attitudes of the native inhabitants towards whites.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Wallace Earl Stegner Bücher
Wallace Stegner, oft als „Dekan der West-Schriftsteller“ bezeichnet, war ein amerikanischer Historiker, Romanautor und Umweltschützer. Seine Werke tauchen tief in die Themen des amerikanischen Westens, seiner Geschichte und seiner zerbrechlichen Umwelt ein. Durch seine sorgfältige Prosa und nachdenkliche Analyse erforschte er die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen Menschen und den Landschaften, die sie prägen. Stegners literarische Beiträge haben ein bleibendes Vermächtnis hinterlassen und zum Nachdenken über die Bedeutung des Naturschutzes und die Seele des amerikanischen Westens angeregt.
