{"product_id":"how-the-canyon-became-grand-a-short-history-9780140280562","title":"How the Canyon Became Grand: A Short History","description":"Dismissed by the first Spanish explorers as a wasteland, the Grand Canyon lay virtually unnoticed for three centuries until nineteenth- century America rediscovered it and seized it as a national emblem. This extraordinary work of intellectual and environmental history tells two tales of the Canyon: the discovery and exploration of the physical Canyon and the invention and evolution of the cultural Canyon--how we learned to endow it with mythic significance.Acclaimed historian \u003cb\u003eStephen Pyne\u003c\/b\u003e examines the major shifts in Western attitudes toward nature, and recounts the achievements of explorers, geologists, artists, and writers, from \u003cb\u003eJohn Wesley Powell\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e, and how they transformed the Canyon into a fixture of national identity. This groundbreaking book takes us on a completely original journey through the Canyon toward a new understanding of its niche in the American psyche, a journey that mirrors the making of the nation itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140280562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.73h x 5.06w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/1999 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stephen J. Pyne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337869750453,"sku":"9780140280562","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5f4c121f-2fbe-44ac-8b6d-68c311a702f9.jpg?v=1719329547","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-the-canyon-became-grand-a-short-history-9780140280562","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}