Astorian Adventure

The Journal of Alfred Seton, 1811-1815

• Author(s): Alfred Seton,
• Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
• Pages: 221
• ISBN_10: 0823215032
  ISBN_13: 9780823215034
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Historical , History / United States / 19th Century , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Travel / Essays & Travelogues ,

Description:... For four years, Seton worked for John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company, traveling in the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, Russian Alaska, and Spanish dominions in California and Mexico, and writing about his experiences and observations. The journal, which was discovered in 1947 during a renovation of Washington Irving's house, is introduced and annotated. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR