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John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier 1st edition
Albert L. Hurtado
John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier 1st edition
Albert L. Hurtado
Mining a wealth of sources, Albert L. Hurtado delivers the definitive biography of John Sutter, a Swiss expatriate who founded New Helvetia, a settlement in California's Sacramento Valley which drew overland immigrants to California in the 1840s and then--after gold was discovered by Sutter's employees--a flood of fortune seekers. Illustrations. Maps.
412 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 3 maps
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 1, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780806137728 |
Publishers | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 412 |
Dimensions | 178 × 254 × 28 mm · 934 g |
Language | English |
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