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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10802.Beyond_the_Hundredth_Meridian_John_Wesley_Powell_and_the_Second_Opening_of_the_West?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334106m/10802.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10802.Beyond_the_Hundredth_Meridian_John_Wesley_Powell_and_the_Second_Opening_of_the_West?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/157779.Wallace_Stegner">Wallace Stegner</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3998742?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>Stegner's history of Powell's trip (the first ever continuous trip by a white man) down the Colorado and (tho I didn't get that far before It was due back at the library) subsequent role in american politics. Powell is so cool. Sort of a dense read because of all the details of the trip. Can't wait to finish it. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/249148?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>