Down the Great Unknown

<p><strong>Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals <em>Down the Great Unknown</em> is the first book to tell the full dramatic story of the Powell expedition. </strong></p><p><strong></strong>On May 24 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. The Grand Canyon not explored before was as mysterious as Atlantis<em>--</em>and as perilous. The ten men set out from Green River Station Wyoming Territory down the Colorado in four wooden rowboats. Ninety-nine days later six half-starved wretches came ashore near Callville Arizona.</p><p>Lewis and Clark opened the West in 1803 six decades later Powell and his scruffy band aimed to resolve the West's last mystery. A brilliant narrative a thrilling journey a cast of memorable heroes<em>--</em>all these mark <em>Down the Great Unknown</em> the true story of the last epic adventure on American soil.</p>