Pacific Destiny

Author : Dale L. Walker
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765303103
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Destiny written by Dale L. Walker and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-06-29 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oregon Country! For a century that fabled place, lying somewhere beyond the Rocky Mountains at the farthest reaches of the continent galvanized the American people. Its riches, in furs, timber, fish, and fecund soil for farming, awakened the avarice of nations. Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States all vied for this trackless Eden of the pacific littoral, and not until the 1840s did the Americans claim it once and for all. In these pages are the explorations of the fierce Scots who scaled the mountains and mapped the rivers of the Oregon country before the time of Lewis and Clark; the imperial fiefdom created for profit and Britannia by the fur-trading ventures of the Hudson's Bay Company; John Jacob Astor's ill-fated experiment on the Columbia River; the mountain men who risked their lives in Indian country in pursuit of beaver furs; and the arrival of the missionaries and pioneers of the Oregon Trail. This is the Spur Award-winning story for best historical non-fiction, told by a distinguished chronicler of nineteenth century America. A story of the clashing of empires, coveting the matchless wealth of the Pacific Northwest-the story of The Oregon Country.

Author : Dale L. Walker
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 0765393492
Total Pages : 861 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Destiny and Bear Flag Rising written by Dale L. Walker and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian and four-time Spur Award winner Walker chronicles the early days of the American Pacific Northwest in two engrossing accounts, now available in one volume. Tall Premium Edition. Original.

Author : Dale L. Walker
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1466815132
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Destiny written by Dale L. Walker and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2002-06-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Walker constructs a compelling narrative that is a string of unusual profiles rather than an analytic account of a major event in American history." - Publishers Weekly The Oregon Country! For a century that fabled place, lying somewhere beyond the Rocky Mountains at the farthest reaches of the continent galvanized the American people. Its riches, in furs, timber, fish, and fecund soil for farming, awakened the avarice of nations. Spain, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States all vied for this trackless Eden of the pacific littoral, and not until the 1840s did the Americans claim it once and for all. In these pages are the explorations of the fierce Scots who scaled the mountains and mapped the rivers of the Oregon country before the time of Lewis and Clark; the imperial fiefdom created for profit and Britannia by the fur-trading ventures of the Hudson's Bay Company; John Jacob Astor's ill-fated experiment on the Columbia River; the mountain men who risked their lives in Indian country in pursuit of beaver furs; and the arrival of the missionaries and pioneers of the Oregon Trail. Pacific Destiny is the Spur Award-winning story for best historical non-fiction, told by a distinguished chronicler of nineteenth century America. A story of the clashing of empires, coveting the matchless wealth of the Pacific Northwest-the story of The Oregon Country. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Dana Fuller Ross
Publisher : Domain
ISBN 13 : 9780553561494
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Destiny written by Dana Fuller Ross and published by Domain. This book was released on 1994 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Tim Holt vows to report the story of the Spanish-American War from the front lines in Cuba, Frank Blake seeks his fortune in gold in the Yukon Territory, and Frank's father, Henry, embarks on a dangerous espionage mission

Author : Edwin P. Hoyt
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393334395
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Destiny written by Edwin P. Hoyt and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1981-06-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dana Fuller Ross
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Pacific Destiny written by Dana Fuller Ross and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick Mendis
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761861882
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peaceful War written by Patrick Mendis and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peaceful War is an epic analysis of the unfolding drama between the clashing forces of the Chinese dream and American destiny. Just as the American experiment evolved, Deng Xiaoping’s China has been using “Hamiltonian means to Jeffersonian ends” and borrowed the idea of the American Dream as a model for China’s rise. The Chinese dream, as reinvented by President Xi Jinping, continues Deng’s experiment into the twenty-first century. With a possible “fiscal cliff” in America and a “social cliff” in China, the author revisits the history of Sino-American relations to explore the prospects for a return to the long-forgotten Beijing-Washington love affair launched in the trade-for-peace era. President Barack Obama’s Asia pivot strategy and the new Silk Road plan of President Xi could eventually create a pacific New World Order of peace and prosperity for all. The question is: will China ultimately evolve into a democratic nation by rewriting the American Dream in Chinese characters, and how might this transpire?

Author : Steven E. Woodworth
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307594645
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manifest Destinies written by Steven E. Woodworth and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of the 1840s, Manifest Destinies captures the enormous sense of possibility that inspired America’s growth and shows how the acquisition of western territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep fault line that would bring war in the near future. Steven E. Woodworth gives us a portrait of America at its most vibrant and expansive. It was a decade in which the nation significantly enlarged its boundaries, taking Texas, New Mexico, California, and the Pacific Northwest; William Henry Harrison ran the first modern populist campaign, focusing on entertaining voters rather than on discussing issues; prospectors headed west to search for gold; Joseph Smith founded a new religion; railroads and telegraph lines connected the country’s disparate populations as never before. When the 1840s dawned, Americans were feeling optimistic about the future: the population was growing, economic conditions were improving, and peace had reigned for nearly thirty years. A hopeful nation looked to the West, where vast areas of unsettled land seemed to promise prosperity to anyone resourceful enough to take advantage. And yet political tensions roiled below the surface; as the country took on new lands, slavery emerged as an irreconcilable source of disagreement between North and South, and secession reared its head for the first time. Rich in detail and full of dramatic events and fascinating characters, Manifest Destinies is an absorbing and highly entertaining account of a crucial decade that forged a young nation’s character and destiny.

Author : G. Patrick March
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313390142
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eastern Destiny written by G. Patrick March and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-10-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eastern Destiny: Russia in Asia and the North Pacific is the history of a remarkable eastern expansion under tsars, emperors, and commissars. The narrative spans the period from the Mongol conquest in the 13th century to the Cold War of the 20th. An intense anxiety for security, owed in large part to the Mongol incursion, would impel the eastern Slavs relentlessly toward territorial aggrandizement. Over the centuries, the modest Grand Duchy of Moscow in Eastern Europe was so successful that it grew into the massive Russian Empire, whose lands stretched from the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe to the edge of British power in the wilds of North America. Eastern Destiny: Russia in Asia and the North Pacific is a saga of entrepreneurs pressing ever-eastward for the wealth of pelts, whether sable or sea otter. It features the arrival of the servants of the state who ensured control of these lands and negotiated—whether subtly or otherwise—with the nations of East Asia. Also chronicled are the voluntary release by treaty of Alaska and the northern Kurils, the humiliating temporary loss of southern Sakhalin and the ultimate dismemberment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Despite such losses, the Russian Federation still comprises the most expansive country on earth, most of whose territory is the result of Asian conquests dating back 400 years.

Author : Arthur Lower
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774843527
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ocean of Destiny written by Arthur Lower and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivalry and confrontation were part of this epic. From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century European powers contested for the riches of the East and the West, the wealth of the ocean, and territory to sate colonial ambitions. Since that time full-blooded conflicts developed between Asian states and between Asia and the Western powers. As a major trading power in the Pacifc with no tradition of territorial expansion, and as a respected peacekeeper, Canada is in a unique position to view the history of the Pacific impartially. This survey is doubly valuable, not only as the first history of the North Pacific dealing with the concurrent events in the East and West, but also as a history reflecting Canada's international outlook.