SUGGESTED READING ON JOHN WESLEY POWELL


Unless out of print, most of the following books are available from the Powell Museum bookstore. Check our on-line bookstore for pricing information.

  • Beyond the 100th Meridian by Wallace Stegner Published by Penguin Press
    ISBN #0-14-01-5994-0

  • The Cañons of the Colorado by John Wesley Powell Published by Outbooks
    ISBN #0-89646-059-2

  • A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh Published by University of Arizona Press
    ISNB #0-8165-0880-1

  • The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons by John Wesley Powell Published by Dover Publications
    ISBN #0-486-20094-9

  • The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons With an Introduction by Wallace Stegner by John Wesley Powell Published by Penguin Press (out of print.)
    ISBN #0-14-017000-6

  • The Great Unknown: The Journals of the Historic First Expedition Down the Colorado River by John Cooley Published by Northland Publishing (out of print)
    ISBN #0-87358-475-9

  • In the Footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An Album of Comparative Photographs of the Green and Colorado Rivers 1871-72 and 1968 (out of print) by Hal G. Stephens and Eugene M. Shoemaker Published by Johnson Books
    ISBN #1-55566-025-8

  • John Wesley Powell and the Anthropology of the Canyon Country Geologic Survey Professional Paper 670 Reprinted by the Grand Canyon Natural History Association Library of Congress #77-601670

  • Historic American Biographies John Wesley Powell, Explorer of the Grand Canyon by Roger A. Bruns Published by Enslow Publishers
    ISBN 0-89490-783-2

  • John Wesley Powell and the Great Surveys of the American West by Ann Gaines Published by Chelsea House Publishers
    ISBN 0-7910-1318-9

  • Great Surveys of the American West by Richard A. Bartlett Published by Univ. of Oklahoma Press
    ISBN 0-8061-1653-6

  • Powell's Colorado River Expedition Coloring Book by Peter F. Copeland Published by Dover Press
    ISBN 0-486-27526-4

  • Powell's Canyon Voyage by W.L. Rusho Published by Filter Press
    ISBN #0-910584-12-5

  • Major John Wesley Powell, A Voyage of Discovery: The Story Behind the Scenery by Dan Murphy Photography by Gary Ladd Published by KC Publications
    ISBN #0-88714-059-9

  • A Story That Stands Like A Dam: Glen Canyon and the Struggle for the Soul of the West by Russell Martin (out of print) Published by Henry Holt & Co, Inc.
    ISBN #0-8050-1551-5

  • Western Writers Series #114: John Wesley Powell by James M. Aton Published by Boise State University (out of print)
    ISBN #0-88430-113-3

  • Landforms, Heart of the Colorado Plateau: The Story Behind the Scenery by Gary Ladd Published by KC Publications
    ISBN #0-88714-090-4

  • John Wesley Powell River Journal, The Grand Canyon of the Colorado (78 min. cassette tape)
    Produced by Teaberry

  • John Wesley Powell, Canyon Geologist (22 min. VHS video)
    Distributed by INTERPark
 

Check your local library for availability of these titles. Any of the available publications may be purchased from the John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum in Page unless out of print. To receive a mail order catalog, contact the staff by telephone: (928) 645-9496 or toll-free (888) 597-6873; FAX: (928) 645-3412; e-mail: Sales@PowellMuseum.org; or write: John Wesley Powell Museum, P.O. Box 547, Page, AZ 86040.


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