Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834 1902 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Powell reproduced his original diary, keeping the narrative in the present tense as when written in the canyon, with the result of giving a vivacity to his story unusual in government publi cations yet one may read it without learning that the author had lost his right forearm!

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