Irving's Astoria

Lately published by Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, Astoria: or, Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains

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Irving's Astoria

Lately published by Carey, Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia, Astoria: or, Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains

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In 1811 a group of American traders built a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, named Fort Astoria in honor of its financier, John Jacob Astor. Envisioned as the spur of a fur-trading empire, by 1813 the project was a business failure and the fort was surrendered to the British. But in its short life Astoria rendered incalculable benefits to public understanding of the Great Northwest. The exploration of trade routes, the description of various Indian tribes and their customs, and an American claim on the Northwest coast were among many of its legacies.

Astor never relinquished his pride in the enterprise and insisted that the West would one day be a dominating factor in national politics. To drive his point home he asked Washington Irving, the country's most renowned and respected author, to transform the papers of Fort Astoria into a unified and readable history. Irving accepted the offer and published Astoria in 1836.

From its first appearance--when it was hailed by no less a reviewer than Edgar Allan Poe--to the present day, Astoria has been read as a vivid and fascinating history, comparable indeed to the finest of romances, but rooted in the rough and hardy life of trapping, hunting, and exploration.

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Cover of: Astoria, of, Avontuurlijke reise naar en over het Klipgebergte van Noord-Amerika
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Astoria: or, Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains.
1868, G. P. Putnam and son
in English - Author's rev. ed.
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Astoria, or, Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
1836, R. Bentley
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Astoria, or, Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
1836, R. Bentley
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Astoria, or, Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
1836, R. Bentley
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Prospectus for Irving's Astoria, containing the introduction and partial table of contents.

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Philadelphia]

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[8] p.

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OL45048441M
OCLC/WorldCat
64123850

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