01560nam 2200409 450 991016506150332120200114064450.01-77667-563-0(CKB)3710000001065557(MiAaPQ)EBC4810703(Au-PeEL)EBL4810703(CaPaEBR)ebr11350327(OCoLC)974584836(BIP)059104040(EXLCZ)99371000000106555720200114h20151836 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAstoria, or, Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains /Washington Irving[Place of publication not identified] :The Floating Press,2015.18361 online resource (545 pages)In the early 1800s, John Astor made the fateful decision to make good on his long-held dream of establishing a fur-trading company in the Northwest United States. Astor later convinced Washington Irving, one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century American literature, to create a non-fiction account of the operation's origins. The result, Astoria, is a fascinating work of history.Fur tradeOregonFur trade917.95Irving Washington1783-1859,138711MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910165061503321Works of Washington Irving16845UNINA