“Don Lago has spent over 20 years researching Powell’s 1869 river expedition, ferreting out details nobody else has discovered, myth-busting, speculating, and clarifying the whys and wherefores of the trip. This book is a culmination of those details and speculation, with updates on his previous writings and adding a wealth of new material. Lago covers topics no other Powell biographer/author has addressed, or ones in this depth.” —Richard Quartaroli, special collections librarian emeritus, Northern Arizona University

“Don Lago’s The Powell Expedition: New Discoveries about John Wesley Powell’s 1869 River Journeytakes a new, fresh look at the 1869 expedition down the Green and Colorado Rivers led by John Wesley Powell. He concentrates especially on the often-overlooked members of the crew, and the events that led to distrust, tension, and the eventual departure of three members of the party, as well as an in-depth look at the deaths of those three and the subsequent lives of most, if not all, of the men. The book is definitely a significant and novel contribution to the literature on Powell, and that’s saying something. The sources Lago consulted are astounding, in a word.” —Roy Webb, author of Riverman: The Story of Bus Hatch and High, Wide, and Handsome: The River Journals of Norman D. Nevills