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West of the Revolution, an uncommon history of 1776, Claudio Saunt

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West of the Revolution, an uncommon history of 1776, Claudio Saunt
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-259) and index
Illustrations
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Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
West of the Revolution
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
875056112
Responsibility statement
Claudio Saunt
Sub title
an uncommon history of 1776
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
Table Of Contents
Prologue: Western speculation: Henderson's Transylvania colony -- 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 -- 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 -- Epilogue
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Uncommon history of 1776
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