検索キーワード： 著者 "Robert Glass Cleland" すべてのカテゴリー

In this enthralling exploration, the author delves into the early American intrigue with the Spanish province of Alta California. New England merchants bravely navigate the sun-drenched coastline, while the threat of Russian expansion looms over San Francisco Bay. Hide and tallow vessels labor to gather their precious cargo from port to port. As daring immigrants trek down rugged mountain trails, tensions rise. English ambitions cast a shadow over American aspirations, culminating in Sacramento settlers defiantly raising the Bear Flag in revolt. The determined efforts of a resolute President ...

The Author's own summary surveys “first the faint awakenings of American interest in the Spanish province of Alta California. The New England merchants traffic again along the sunlit, poorly guarded coast; the shadow of Russia hangs for a moment over San Francisco Bay; the hide and tallow vessels laboriously collect their cargoes at every little port...the first adventurous immigrants wind wearily down the mountain trails.... “Then the scene changes...English ambitions hold a threat of danger to the program of the United States; the Sacramento settlers raise the crude Bear Flag as a symbol...