John Sutter

A Life On The North American Frontier

by Albert L. Hurtado
language: english
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, October of 2006 ‧
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Mining a wealth of sources, Albert L. Hurtado delivers the definitive biography of John Sutter, a Swiss expatriate who founded New Helvetia, a settlement in California's Sacramento Valley which drew overland immigrants to California in the 1840s and then--after gold was discovered by Sutter's employees--a flood of fortune seekers. Illustrations. Maps.

John Sutter

A Life On The North American Frontier

by Albert L. Hurtado

Property Description
ISBN: 9780806137728
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date: October of 2006
Language: English
Dimensions: 178 x 254 x 28 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 412
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Biographies
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780806137728