Dreams of El Dorado : A History of the American West
by
H. W. Brands
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1541672542
ISBN-13
9781541672543
Publisher
Basic Books
Imprint
Basic Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Print length
544 Pages
Weight
462 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 20.80 x 5.10 cms
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A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times-bestselling author sets a new standard for histories of the American West
"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.
Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.
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