Bibliograph

Sutter's Fort, gateway to the gold fields, by Oscar Lewis

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Sutter's Fort, gateway to the gold fields, by Oscar Lewis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sutter's Fort

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

485101

Responsibility statement

by Oscar Lewis

Series statement

The American forts series

Sub title

gateway to the gold fields

Summary

Traces the career of Swiss immigrant John A. Sutter who founded his California fort in 1839, commanded it in the 1840's and lost it to the forty-niners

Table Of Contents

A young man from Burgdorf -- Empire in the making -- The Russians find a buyer -- Trailbreakers -- Warfare- California style -- Wagons westward -- The Yankees take over -- Prelude to frenzy -- Crumbling empire -- Disintegration

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