Title John Sutter : a life on the North American frontier / Albert L. Hurtado.

Publication Info.	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2006]
	©2006

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	F865.S93 H87 2006	Available	---

Description	xvii, 412 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-400) and index.
Contents	A man and his time -- Opportunity on the American frontier -- A tour of western enterprises -- Crossroads of the pacific -- Into the valley -- An entrepreneur in Indian country -- A merchant-adventurer in Mexico -- Foreign intrigue -- Domain and dominion -- Misguided diplomacy -- Misfortunes of war -- The Indian business again -- Signs and portents -- American conquest -- A restoration of sorts -- The gold rush cometh -- Sacramento and solvency -- A new state and its founder -- Land troubles -- Hock farm homestead -- General Sutter and the filibusters -- The final fall -- A hero among the Moravians -- Settlement of old debts.
Subject	Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880.
	Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880.
	Pioneers -- California -- Biography.
	Pioneers.
	California.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Frontier and pioneer life -- California.
	Frontier and pioneer life.
	Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, Calif.)
	California -- History -- 19th century.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	California -- Biography.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
	West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
ISBN	080613772X alkaline paper
	9780806137728 alkaline paper