John Wesley Powell. The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons Penguin Nature Classics, Wallace Earle Stegner Introduction. 

A great book, contains Powell's account of the three-month journey in 1869.  As exciting as it was for readers when Powell first published his journal in 1874.

Wallace Earle Stegner. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian : John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West Bernard Devoto Introduction

Donald Worster.  A River Running West; The Life of John Wesley Powell Oxford University Press 2001

Frederick S. Dellenbaugh. A Canyon Voyage : Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition Down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land. . .

Features original photographs and the story told by a member of the second expeditionwho was 19 years old when he joined Powell.

Michael Elsohn Ross. Exploring the Earth with John Wesley Powell  Ross, Michael Elsohn, Naturalist's Apprentice.  Wendy Smith - Illustrator,  2000

John Wesley Powell. John Wesley Powell and the Anthropology of the Canyon Country published by the Grand Canyon Association.

A modest paperback of 30 pages

Richard Maurer The Wild Colorado : The True Adventures of Fred Dellenbaugh, Age 17 on the Second Powell Expedition into the Grand Canyon.

Written for ages 9-12, the 1999 book features Dellenbaugh's original drawings
 

                    
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