Astoria and Empire by James P. Ronda

Astoria and Empire

James P. Ronda

400 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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In his 1836 account Washington Irving immortalized Astoria, but it has been a footnote to the history of western expansion--a doleful reminder of John Jacob Astor's failed attempt to establish a fur-trading empire at the mouth of the Columbia from...

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