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Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival
Astoria John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire A Story of Wealth Ambition and Survival
Author: Peter Stark
In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeleton in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Pegter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers battled nature, starvation, and madness to es...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780062218292
ISBN-10: 0062218298
Publication Date: 3/4/2014
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Ecco
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 6
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Enjoyed this book for it's historical significance and because I live in the PNW and there was a lot of info about the early indigenous tribes here. It dragged in a couple of places, but still worth the read to find out more about John Astor's life too.


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