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Dreams of el Dorado : A History of the American West by H. W. Brands (2019, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-101541672526
ISBN-139781541672529
eBay Product ID (ePID)10038590384
Product Key Features
Book TitleDreams of El Dorado : a History of the American West
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers
Publication Year2019
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorH. W. Brands
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight28.5 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Lively...[Brands] knowshow to write in a popular style that draws us in and holds our interest...[He]also pauses to make some thought-provoking insights, which round out thenarrative and present his subject in a fresh light...An engaging, eminentlyreadable introduction."-- Wall Street Journal
Synopsis"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond. In Dreams of El Dorado , H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.
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- Dec 24, 2019
Love the American West
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