The Powell Expedition : new discoveries about John Wesley Powell's 1869 river journey /
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| Language: | English |
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Reno :
University of Nevada Press,
2017
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue : Dreams of rivers, the James White mystery
- Introduction : Wanted
- James White
- An old story
- Rivals and rails
- Dawson and Teller
- Conclusion? The crew
- The Howland connection
- Seneca Howland, the unsung hero
- Call me no name
- The Howland brothers write home
- What's eating the Howland brothers?
- The curse of Howland Island
- Introducing William H. Dunn
- Last words before the launch
- William Hawkins, abducted by alias!
- The promotion of Andy Hall
- The westering star of Jack Sumner
- Why Jack Sumner stayed
- The madness of Jack Sumner
- Jack Sumner looks back, John Wesley Powell
- Horse feathers
- Major Powell, I presume
- The impeachment of John Wesley Powell naming names
- The Maid of the Cañon
- Lodore the end of the adventure
- Hats off to Bishop Leithead
- A hardy welcome
- The fate of the boats, the fate of the Howlands and William Dunn
- Introduction
- Toab
- The Toquerville hoax
- Three men sentenced to be shot
- The aftermath
- The Arizona strip massacre
- The afterlife of Hawkins
- Conclusion? Afterward
- Ten who bored.
