The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett : Oregon Pioneer and First Governor of California /

"The biography of the first governor of California and early Oregon pioneer, who organized the first major wagon train to the Oregon Country, served on Oregon's first elected government, and was Oregon's first supreme court judge"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nokes, R. Gregory (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Burnett, Peter H. > (Peter Hardeman), > 1807-1895.
Politics and government.
Pioneers.
Legislators.
Governors.
Frontier and pioneer life.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Pionniers > Californie.
Pionniers > Oregon.
Gouverneurs > Californie > Biographies.
Pioneers > California.
Pioneers > Oregon.
Frontier and pioneer life > Oregon.
Legislators > Oregon > Biography.
Governors > California > Biography.
Oregon.
California.
Californie > Politique et gouvernement > 1850-1950.
Californie > Histoire > 1846-1850.
California > Politics and government > 1850-1950.
California > History > 1846-1850.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I TENNESSEE AND MISSOURI
  • 1. Death of a Slave
  • 2. Sinking into Debt
  • 3. Burnett and the Mormons
  • pt. II OREGON
  • 4. Fleeing Debt on the Oregon Trail
  • 5. Marcus and Narcissa: Dying for a Cause
  • 6. Short Oregon History: Astor's Debacle
  • 7. Burnett's Not-Going-to-Happen Big City
  • 8. Rewriting Oregon
  • 9. Lash Law: "Disgrace and Infamy"
  • 10. Considering His Options
  • 11. Those Darned Debts Again
  • pt. III CALIFORNIA
  • 12. Lusting for California Gold
  • 13. Sutter: "They ... Ate My Good Indians!"
  • 14. Samuel Brannan: The Midas Touch
  • 15. Spoils of an Unwanted War
  • 16. Selling Sacramento
  • 17. Matching Wits with the General
  • 18. Slavery and the Border
  • pt. IV FIRST GOVERNOR
  • 19. Stumbling Out of the Gate
  • 20. Squatters Everywhere
  • 21. Racing toward Statehood
  • 22. Governor Resigns, but Why?
  • 23. Rescue at Sea
  • 24. On the Court with Archy Lee
  • 25. Terry and Broderick at Ten Paces
  • 26. Finally the Good Life
  • 27. Retreating to Religion
  • Epilogue.

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