A review by kwtingley
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West by Wallace Stegner

4.0

Almost 2 books in one, it chronicles Powell's adventures in surveying the Colorado and then his career as administrator in DC of the USGS. The former offers some swashbuckling and magesty of the West while the latter shows powerful examples of science's clash with public myth, ignorance and private interests. A surprisingly good read.