Cadillac Desert
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Published: January 8, 1990
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 590
ISBN-13: 9780436410505
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; 20th century; Management of land & natural resources; USA; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900
First sentence: The American West was explored by white men half a century before the first colonists set foot on Virginia's beaches, but it went virtually uninhabited by whites for another three hundred years.