Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Saunt, Claudio, author. Title: West of the Revolution : an uncommon history of 1776 / Claudio Saunt. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014] Description: 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Summary: Details the other revolutions during 1776, including the reaction of the native residents of San Francisco in the wake of the first European settlement there and the devastation of the Aleutian Islands by the Russians' hunt for sea otters. Subjects: Indians of North America -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. Europeans -- America -- History. United States -- History -- 18th century. America -- Colonization -- History. America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish. Europe -- Colonies -- America. North America -- Description and travel. West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration. West (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-259) and index. Contents: Part I: The Russians are coming. Soft gold : Aleuts and Russians in Alaska ; A war for independence : the San Diego uprising ; First contact : colonizing San Francisco ; Across the Colorado Plateau -- Part II: The continental divide. A forest transformed : the Hudson's Bay Company and Cumberland House ; The discovery : the Black Hills and the Lakota nation ; An invasion of malefactors : Osage Country ; Surrounded : the Deep South interior. LCCN: 2014011360 ISBN: 9780393240207 (hbk.) 0393240207 (hbk.) 9780393240207 : HRD 0393240207 : HRD Other Number: 875056112 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 425482 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 973.313 Saunt Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
