The Colorado River Region And John Wesley Powell

PECORA, W. T. (DIRECTOR, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

Publication: United States Government Printing Office, 1969, Washington

First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. 145pp. Profusely illustrated, including numerous Geological Maps, Charts, Tables, and Statistical data. Geological Survey Professional Paper 669. "A collection of papers honoring Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River, 1869-1969." Includes the following: John Wesley Powell: Pioneer Statesman of Federal Science, by Mary C. Rabbitt; Stratified Rocks of the Grand Canyon, by Edwin D. McKee; Geologic History of the Colorado River, by Charles B. Hunt; and The Rapids and the Pools--Grand Canyon, by Luna B. Leopold. An excellent work. As New.

Inventory Number: 49983