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Ridley, Scott.
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Kendrick, John, approximately 1740-1794 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.
Voyages to the Pacific coast.
Explorers -- United States -- Biography.
Fur trade -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 18th century.
Northwest Coast of North America -- Description and travel.
Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel.
United States -- Relations -- Spain.
Spain -- Relations -- United States.
United States -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Relations -- United States.
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Morning of fire : John Kendrick's daring American odyssey in the Pacific / Scott Ridley.
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Ridley, Scott.
New York : William Morrow, c2010.
Subjects
Kendrick, John, approximately 1740-1794 -- Travel -- Northwest Coast of North America.
Voyages to the Pacific coast.
Explorers -- United States -- Biography.
Fur trade -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 18th century.
Northwest Coast of North America -- Description and travel.
Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel.
United States -- Relations -- Spain.
Spain -- Relations -- United States.
United States -- Relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Relations -- United States.
ISBN:
9780061700125 (hc.)
0061700126 (hc.)
9780061700194 (trade pbk.)
0061700193 (trade pbk.)
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xii, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Prologue: Morning of fire -- pt. I. The journey outward. Out of a time of great peril -- Passage to the underworld -- Spain's frontier -- Refuge -- Halting the incursion -- pt. II. Infinite wilderness. Nootka -- Seizure -- The golden fleece -- Divided dreams -- A place of skulls -- pt. III. Odyssey. Volatile paradise -- House of cards -- Columbia's homecoming -- An American presence -- Long-awaited return -- pt. IV. Edge of empire. A soft war -- Survival and seduction -- A rising tide -- Possession -- Last season -- The fire's reach -- Epilogue: Legacy for a new nation.
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Four years after the Revolutionary War, America's independence was still in doubt. The new nation needed money and a vital surge in trade. In 1787, a group of Boston merchants decided to send two ships on a desperate mission around Cape Horn and into the Pacific Ocean, to establish new trade with China, settle an outpost on territory claimed by the Spanish, and find the legendary Northwest Passage. The seven-year adventure, known as the Columbia Expedition, would bring the world to the brink of war. The man chosen to lead the expedition was John Kendrick--a master navigator and a charismatic captain of privateers during the Revolution. On the far side of the world, Kendrick would have to rely on his bravery, his charm, and his remarkable resolve to navigate unknown waters, negotiate with cutthroat imperialists from England and Spain, and form alliances with natives hit hard by early encounters with Europeans.--From publisher description.
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917.95042 Ri
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