The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons (Penguin Classics)

One of the great works of American exploration literature, this account of a scientific expedition forced to survive famine, attacks, mutiny, and some of the most dangerous rapids known to man remains as fresh and exciting today as it was in 1874.

The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, recently ranked number four on Adventure magazine’s list of top 100 classics, is legendary pioneer John Wesley Powell’s first-person account of his crew’s unprecedented odyssey along the Green and Colorado Rivers and through the Grand Canyon. A bold foray into the heart of the American West’s final frontier, the expedition was achieved without benefit of modern river-running equipment, supplies, or a firm sense of the region’s perilous topography and the attitudes of the native inhabitants towards whites.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

• Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
• Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
• The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
• Belknap's Waterproof Grand Canyon River Guide 50th Anniversary
• The Promise of the Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell's Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West
• Desert Solitaire
• There's This River... Grand Canyon Boatman Stories
• The Journals of Lewis and Clark (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
• The Promise of the Grand Canyon: John Wesley Powell's Perilous Journey and His Vision for the American West
• Down the River (Plume)