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West of the Revolution : an uncommon history of 1776 / Claudio Saunt.

Saunt, Claudio, (author.).

Summary:

Details the other revolutions during 1776, including the reaction of the native residents of San Francisco in the wake of the first European settlement there and the devastation of the Aleutian Islands by the Russians' hunt for sea otters.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393240207
  • ISBN: 0393240207
  • Physical Description: 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-259) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I: The Russians are coming. Soft gold : Aleuts and Russians in Alaska ; A war for independence : the San Diego uprising ; First contact : colonizing San Francisco ; Across the Colorado Plateau -- Part II: The continental divide. A forest transformed : the Hudson's Bay Company and Cumberland House ; The discovery : the Black Hills and the Lakota nation ; An invasion of malefactors : Osage Country ; Surrounded : the Deep South interior.
Subject: Indians of North America > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Europeans > America > History.
United States > History > 18th century.
America > Colonization > History.
America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish.
Europe > Colonies > America.
North America > Description and travel.
West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) > History > 18th century.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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