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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Haeger, John D. John Jacob Astor. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1991 (OCoLC)652155911 |
| Named Person: | John Jacob Astor; John Jacob (Kaufmann 1763-1848) Astor |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John D Haeger |
| ISBN: | 0814318762 9780814318768 |
| OCLC Number: | 22983066 |
| Description: | 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Searching for the "real" John Jacob Astor -- The early years, 1763-1794 -- Furs and tea: Astor builds a fortune, 1794-1807 -- Astoria: initial plans, 1807-1809-- Exploration and incorporation: Astoria, 1809-1812 -- The war years, 1812-1814 -- Change in postwar America, 1815-1819 -- The corporate manager: the American Fur Company, 1819-1834 -- Financier, speculator, and developer, 1815-1848. |
| Series Title: | Great Lakes books. |
| Responsibility: | John Denis Haeger. |
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- Astor, John Jacob, -- 1763-1848.
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- Geschichte (1790-1860)
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