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    The Promise of the Grand Canyon

    John Ross explored the life of John Wesley Powell who, in 1869, became the first person to travel the entire Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

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    A Kingdom Strange and War on the Run

    From the 2010 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, James Horn, author of A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and John Ross, …

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    War on the Run

    John Ross talked about his book War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America’s First Frontier (Bantam; May 19, 2009). In his book he recounts the life of Rober…

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    Polar Bear Strategy: Reflections on Risk

    John Ross talked about his book The Polar Bear Strategy: Reflections on Risk in Modern Life, published by Perseus Books. In the book, Ross argues that the science of risk assessment has give…

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