Pacific Destiny: The Three-Century Journey to the Oregon CountryMacmillan, 2002 M06 29 - 480 páginas The Oregon Country! For a century that fabled place, lying somewhere beyond the Rocky Mountains at the farthest reaches of the continent galvanized the American people. Its riches, in furs, timber, fish, and fecund soil for farming, awakened the avarice of nations. Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States all vied for this trackless Eden of the pacific littoral, and not until the 1840s did the Americans claim it once and for all. In these pages are the explorations of the fierce Scots who scaled the mountains and mapped the rivers of the Oregon country before the time of Lewis and Clark; the imperial fiefdom created for profit and Britannia by the fur-trading ventures of the Hudson's Bay Company; John Jacob Astor's ill-fated experiment on the Columbia River; the mountain men who risked their lives in Indian country in pursuit of beaver furs; and the arrival of the missionaries and pioneers of the Oregon Trail. This is the Spur Award-winning story for best historical non-fiction, told by a distinguished chronicler of nineteenth century America. A story of the clashing of empires, coveting the matchless wealth of the Pacific Northwest-the story of The Oregon Country. |
Contenido
Maps | 18 |
1 | 27 |
The River of the West | 37 |
3 | 43 |
Pro Pelle Cutem | 73 |
5 | 80 |
The Voyage of the Tonquin | 89 |
6 | 105 |
Spies | 271 |
Champoeg | 292 |
Sapling Grove | 302 |
Jumping | 319 |
19 | 337 |
20 | 349 |
The Parallel | 373 |
23 | 392 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Pacific Destiny: The Three-Century Journey to the Oregon Country Dale L. Walker Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
Pacific Destiny: The Three-Century Journey to the Oregon Country Dale L. Walker Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Términos y frases comunes
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