Astoria : John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire: a story of wealth, ambition, and survival
Record details
- ISBN: 0062308777 (electronic audio bk.)
- ISBN: 9780062308771 (electronic audio bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 sound file (10 hr., 54 min., 36 sec.)) : digital.
remote - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Harper Audio, 2014.
Content descriptions
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Michael Kramer. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on hard copy version record. |
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Subject: | Pacific Northwest Oregon Astoria Northwest, Pacific History 19th century Astoria (Or.) History 19th century |
Genre: | History. Downloadable audio books. Audiobooks. Audiobooks. |
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Summary:
In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast of North America. More than half of his men died violent deaths. The others survived starvation, madness, and greed to shape the destiny of a continent...