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2001 · Best.-Nr. 1559638721 — Edited by William deBuys this is a collection of the writings of John Wesley Powell noted explorer of the American West and Southwest. "Powell remains the preeminent interpreter of the American West. Many of his most important writings are little known and until now have been largely unavailable. This compilation with skillful editing and commentary by William deBuys is an essential book for anyone who ventures west of the hundredth meridian." --Bruce Babbitt Secretary of the Interior 1993-2001. "We have been blessed with outstanding writing about John Wesley Powell but finally we have a comprehensive collection of Powell's own words. William deBuys has chosen the selections wisely. His insightful commentary accentuates Powell's depth courage thoroughness and perhaps most of all his vision.John Wesley Powell was the American West's ultimate public intellectual: a physical and social scientist adventurer and philosopher. Powell stands every bit as tall in our twenty-first century as he did in his own nineteenth." --Charles Wilkinson Moses Lasky Professor of Law at the University of Colorado. "This is a superb selection of the most important writings of the great American explorer scientist and conservationist." --Donald Worster author of A River Running West: the Life of John Wesley Powell. Island Press hardcover