{"product_id":"beyond-the-hundredth-meridian-isbn-9780140159943","title":"Beyond the Hundredth Meridian","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the “dean of Western writers” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and the Pulitzer Prize winning–author of \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrossing to Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who prophetically warned against the dangers of settling it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Hundredth Meridian, \u003c\/i\u003eWallace 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.Introduction by Bernard DeVoto\u003cbr\u003eI: The Threshold\u003cbr\u003eII: The Plateau Province\u003cbr\u003eIII: Blueprint for a Dryland Democracy\u003cbr\u003eIV: The Revenue of New Discovery\u003cbr\u003eV: The Opportunity\u003cbr\u003eVI: The Inheritance\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\"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.\" \u003cb\u003e—Ivan Doig\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner \u003c\/b\u003e(1909–1993) published more than two dozen books throughout his life, including the novels \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eCrossing to Safety\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rock Candy Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. ","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304903856357,"sku":"NP9780140159943","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140159943.jpg?v=1767722538","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/beyond-the-hundredth-meridian-isbn-9780140159943","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}