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Fortune's a river : the collision of empires in northwest America / by Barry Gough.
Author
Gough, Barry M.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub., [2007], ©2007.
Description
413 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Subject(s)
Northwest, Pacific
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History
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Northwest, Pacific
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Discovery and exploration
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Columbia River Valley
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History
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Northwest boundary of the United States
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-402) and index.
Contents
Map of Northwest America
Prologue: John Ledyard: "The Very Football of Chance"
Chapter 1. Dreams, Schemes, Realities
Chapter 2. Visit of the Stranger from the West
Chapter 3. The Mackenzie Touch
Chapter 4. Soft Gold: The Russian Thrust to Alaska, Columbia River and Alta California
Chapter 5. Rising Tides of Empire: Flags at Nootka Sound
Chapter 6. The Empire of Safe Harbour Retreat
Chapter 7. Canadian Traders on the Missouri and the Spanish Response
Chapter 8. The View from Monticello: Jefferson's Wests
Chapter 9. Northern Shadows Across the Trail: Nor'Westers Meet Lewis and Clark
Chapter 10. Lewis and Clark to the Pacific and Return
Chapter 11. The Columbian Enterprise: David Thompson, 1800-1810
Chapter 12. Boston and New York on the Lower Columbia River: The Winships and Astor
Chapter 13. David Thompson and the Voyage of a Summer Moon, 1811
Chapter 14. The Fortunes of War
Chapter 15. The Empire of Fortune: Cultivating the Arts of Peace
Chapter 16. The Legacy: The North American Far West on the Eve of the Oregon Crisis
Appendix 1. "The Theatre of all the Geographical Fictions": The Northwest and Other Passages
Appendix 2. Three Flags and the Columbia River: Identification and Exploration of the River of the West.
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ISBN
9781550174281
1550174282
LCCN
2008371018
OCLC
162506923
Other standard number
40015487304
RCP
C - S
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