A River Running West.Donald Worster Donald Worster is a historian at the University of Kansas Department of History. Worster received a Bachelor of Arts in 1963 and a Master of Arts in 1964 from the University of Kansas. He continued his education at Yale University, earning an M.Phil. in 1970 and a PhD. . 2001. Read by Edward Holland Edward Holland was the Mayor of New York from 1747 to 1757. • • [ Books on Tape. Vol. 1: #5637A. 10 - 1.5 hour tapes. $80.00.0-73666829-2. Vol. 2: #5637B. 10-1.5 hour tapes. $80.00. 0-7366-6829-2. Vinyl binders; brief content note. SA John Wesley Powell Wesley Powell (October 13, 1915–January 6, 1981) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. Wesley was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. is best known as the man who led the first expedition to successfully navigate the Colorado River from one end of the Grand Canyon to the other. The oldest son of a minister in a family that took great risks to be abolitionists, Powell was infused with a can-do attitude, combined with a genuine and refreshing idealism. Volunteering for the North during the Civil War, he was injured at Shiloh. The doctors had to amputate am·pu·tate v. To cut off a part of the body, especially by surgery. his arm, fearing gangrene gangrene, local death of body tissue. Dry gangrene, the most common form, follows a disturbance of the blood supply to the tissues, e.g., in diabetes, arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, or destruction of tissue by injury. would set in. After many years spent exploring the West, Powell then went to Washington as the head of the U.S. Geological Survey and as an advocate for the progressive development of the West. He was a pioneer in advocating government-funded research, obtaining money from Congress to study the resources of the vast unexplored lands available to the people. Powell advocated developing the land so that ordinary people could obtain a viable homestead. Unfortunately, much land was given away during the corrupt Grant presidency, most to moneyed interests. Worster's good, calm reading is smooth and even, and carries you along. For history buffs. Susan Offner, Teacher, Lexington H.S., Lexington, MA |
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