Great Surveys Of The American West.

RICHARD A. BARTLETT

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962, Norman

First edition. 8vo. Two-tone black and gray cloth, xxii [blank], 408 pp., many illustrations, acknowledgments, introduction, bibliography. Index. 7 maps. The surveys of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, medical doctor turned geologist; Clarence King, aristocrat and intellectual; John Wesley Powell, conqueror of the Colorado River; and George M. Wheeler, determined military man and scientist are presented here. The men roamed over the wild country that lay west of the hundredth meridian during the years 1867-79, observing, analyzing, mapping, and at the end of each season, returning to Washington to publish their results. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners with minor wear to the extremities.

Inventory Number: 53288