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Astoria : Astor and Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a tale of ambition and survival on the early American frontier / Peter Stark.
Documents the 1810 to 1813 expedition, financed by millionaire John Jacob Astor and encouraged by Thomas Jefferson, to establish Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062218308
- ISBN: 0062218301
- Physical Description: xxiii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Ecco paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "With a new afterword"--Cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-355) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The launch -- The journey -- Pacific empire and war. |
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| Genre: | History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| scottsboropl | 978.02 Sta | 32269001203549 | Adult - Nonfiction | Available | - |
