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Synopsis
From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West―from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond.
"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." ―Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder
In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling panoramic story of the settling of the American West, from Lewis and Clark’s expedition in the early nineteenth century to the closing of the frontier by the early twentieth. He introduces us to explorers, mountain men, cowboys, missionaries, and soldiers, taking us from John Jacob Astor’s fur-trading campaign in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. Throughout, Brands explores the contradictions of the West and explodes its longstanding myths. The West has been celebrated as the proving ground of American individualism; in reality, the West depended on collective action and federal largesse more than any other region. The West brought out the finest and basest in those who ventured there, evoking both selfless heroism and unspeakable violence. Visions of great wealth drew generations of Americans westward, but El Dorado was never more elusive than in the West.
Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.
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About the Author
H. W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the New York Times bestselling author of thirty books, including two Pulitzer Prize finalists in biography. Recent titles include Dreams of El Dorado, Founding Partisans, and America First. He lives in Austin, Texas.
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