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A Swiss expatriate who attempted to create a personal empire in California's Sacramento Valley, John Sutter founded New Helvetia, a cosmopolitan settlement whose economy depended on Indian slaves and free labourers. Mining a wealth of sources, Albert Hurtado has written the definitive biography of Sutter.

John Sutter A Life on the North American Frontier

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 10/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780806139296, 978-0806139296
      ISBN10: 0806139293

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Swiss expatriate who attempted to create a personal empire in California's Sacramento Valley, John Sutter founded New Helvetia, a cosmopolitan settlement whose economy depended on Indian slaves and free labourers. Mining a wealth of sources, Albert Hurtado has written the definitive biography of Sutter.

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