The tide of empire : America's march to the Pacific
Golay, Michael, 1951-2003
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This narrative of the American conquest of the Pacific Coast is a saga of the men and women - missionaries, and traders - who opened up the Oregon country and California to mass settlement, changing the country forever.
Main title:
The tide of empire : America's march to the Pacific / Michael Golay.
Author:
Imprint:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2003.
Collation:
xiv, 386 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-368) and index.
ISBN:
9780471377917 (hbk)
Dewey class:
978.02
Local class:
978.02
Language:
English
Subject:
Frontier and pioneer life -- OregonFur traders -- Oregon -- History -- 19th centuryPioneers -- Oregon -- History -- 19th centuryMissionaries -- Oregon -- History -- 19th centuryOverland journeys to the PacificOregon -- History -- To 1859Columbia River Valley -- History -- 19th centuryOregon -- Discovery and explorationColumbia River Valley -- Discovery and explorationHistory
BRN:
1720588