false 356102 18 Leave it to a French poet to demythologize John Sutter, a Swiss thief and swindler who fled his native country one step ahead of the bill collectors. Sutter went first to New York, then Missouri, and finally ended up in California, where he set up a trading post and fort and, not coincidentally, something of a protection racket for other settlers. When a carpenter building a mill on Sutter's property found gold, he opened up the Swiss entrepreneur's private domain to hundreds and thousands of newcomers, a migration that changed the course of American history. Sutter died in 1880 in Washington, D.C., where he had gone to complain to Congress that his empire had been stripped away from him without due process. This is an altogether fascinating reconstruction of his strange and star-crossed life. <I>--Gregory MacNamee</I> 346276 1973 Gold: Being the Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter total:48|5:17|4:16|3:14|2:1|1:0| 48 193 67 4 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 01:25:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 13:36:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:53:16 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:53:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 07 09:27:00 -0800 2007 Sat May 24 02:20:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 15:57:06 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 14:59:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 26 11:25:22 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 11:25:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 22 09:25:12 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 12:23:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 13:25:14 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 13:25:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 13:42:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:42:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 06 21:29:07 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 21:29:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 06 12:43:25 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 12:43:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 02 08:08:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 08:08:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 11:03:14 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 11:03:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 04 07:53:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 07:53:18 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 13:58:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 13:58:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 07:17:41 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 07:17:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 18:44:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 18:44:12 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 04:11:22 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 23:26:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 10 19:17:31 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 19:17:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 06 11:54:22 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 11:54:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 06:24:14 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 06:24:14 -0700 2009