Astoria
Subtitle: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's lost Pacific empire : a story of wealth, ambition, and survival
Publisher: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780062218292
Description: Documents the 1810 to 1813 expedition, financed by millionaire John Jacob Astor and encouraged by Thomas Jefferson, to establish Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
Table of contents: title: Cast of characters; title: Author's note; title: Map; title: Prologue; title: Part one : The launch; title: Part two : The journey; title: Part three : Pacific Empire and war; title: Epilogue; title: Fate of the Astorians