Dreams of El Dorado a history of the American West
Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes readers from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes readers from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. When Napoleon offered to sell French Louisiana, America was launched on a fateful and fraught journey west. Brands takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. Live in the west evoked both selfless heroism and unspeakable violence, against indigenous peoples and one another. It was soon evident that El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East-- adapted from jacket |
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| Item Description: | Maps on end pages. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 524 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-506) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781541672529 1541672526 |
| Author Notes: | H. W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty books, including two Pulitzer Prize finalists in biography. Recent titles include Dreams of El Dorado, Founding Partisans, and America First. He lives in Austin, Texas. |
