A review by duparker
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival by Peter Stark

4.0

A very interesting book. The story of westward exploration and struggle is interesting and intricate. To think of all that we take for granted traveling today vs what explorers had to deal with and the unexpected shows the determination and grit people had. The leaders might have made bad choices, and been rash when dealing with natives, but they had gumption for heading west and for tackling the unknown.