John Sutter

"The story of American California begins with the ambitious, elusive, morally compromised life of John Sutter. Thanks to this tirelessly researched and richly detailed biography, the ambiguous life of Sutter the Founder--fully revealed in all its tarnished glory--yields to larger ambiguities of exploitation and empire that continue to disturb the present"--Page 4 of cover.

First sentence: One could not see it by looking at the land or testing the wind, but 1803 was a season of change in the American West.

Year

2006

Language

English

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Editions

1

Pages

412

ISBN

9780806137728

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