John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier - Hardcover
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John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier
In the history of the American frontier, John Sutter (1803-1880) looms large. A Swiss expatriate who attempted to create a personal empire in California's Sacramento Valley, he founded New Helvetia, a cosmopolitan settlement whose economy depended on Indian slaves and free laborers. New Helvetia drew overland immigrants to California in the 1840s and then-after gold was discovered by Sutter's...
Albert L. Hurtado is retired as Professor and Paul H. and Doris Eaton Travis Chair of Modern American History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of several books, including John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier.
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🏆 2007 Spur Awards Finalist - Nonfiction-Biography Award
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