Deborah Kogan Ray: Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review) From: The Horn Book Magazine | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Carter, Betty | COPYRIGHT 2008 Horn Book, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Deborah Kogan Ray Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer; illus. by the author 48 pp. Foster/Farrar 11/07 ISBN 978-0-374-31838-3 $17.00 (Intermediate)

In 1869 John Wesley Powell led the first recorded expedition down the Green and Colorado rivers (from the Wyoming Territory to the Arizona Territory), mapping and scientifically studying a large portion of the Grand Canyon. Despite the book's subtitle (Powell lost an...