{"product_id":"beyond-the-hundredth-meridian-john-wesley-powell-and-the-second-opening-of-the-west","title":"Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stegner, Wallace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Reprint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-03-1992\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e Illustrated\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nFrom the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning–author of Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who prophetically warned against the dangers of settling it\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n In\u003cbr\u003e\nBeyond the Hundredth Meridian, Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A prophet without honor who had a profound understanding of the American West, Powell warned long ago of the dangers economic exploitation would pose to the West and spent a good deal of his life overcoming Washington politics in getting his message across. Only now, we may recognize just how accurate a prophet he was.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\n\"This book goes far beyond biography, into the nature and soul of the American West. It is Stegner at his best, assaying an entire era of our history, packing his pages with insights as shrewd as his prose.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n—Ivan Doig\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nWallace Stegner (1909–1993) published more than two dozen books throughout his life, including the novels\u003cbr\u003e\nAngle of Repose, which won the Pulitzer Prize;\u003cbr\u003e\nCrossing to Safety;\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Big Rock Candy Mountain; and\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Spectator Bird, which won the National Book Award. An early environmentalist, Stegner was instrumental—with his now famous “Wilderness Letter”—in the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140159943\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50108408561968,"sku":"Trans_9780140159943","price":1013.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/8174cnKnprL.jpg?v=1756809583","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/beyond-the-hundredth-meridian-john-wesley-powell-and-the-second-opening-of-the-west","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}