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Dreams of El Dorado : a history of the American West

Brands, H. W

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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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 BRA

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