The troubled life of Peter Burnett: Oregon pioneer and first Governor of California
"Few people in the nineteenth-century American West could boast the achievements of Peter Burnett. He helped organize the first major wagon train to the Oregon Country. He served on Oregon's first elected government and was Oregon's first supreme court judge. He opened a wagon road fr...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Few people in the nineteenth-century American West could boast the achievements of Peter Burnett. He helped organize the first major wagon train to the Oregon Country. He served on Oregon's first elected government and was Oregon's first supreme court judge. He opened a wagon road from Oregon to California. He worked with the young John Sutter to develop the new city of Sacramento. Within a year of arriving in California, voters overwhelmingly elected him as the first US governor. He also won appointment to the California Supreme Court.<BR /><BR /> It was one heck of a resume. Yet with the exception of the wagon road to California, in none of these roles was Burnett considered successful or well remembered. Indeed, he resigned from many of his most important positions, including the governorship, where he was widely perceived a failure.<BR /><BR /> Burnett's weakness was that he refused to take advice from others. He insisted on marching to his own drum, even when it led to some terrible decisions. A former slaveholder, he could never seem to get beyond his single-minded goal of banning blacks and other minorities from the West.<BR /><BR />The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett is the first full-length biography of this complicated character. Historians, scholars, and general readers with an interest in Western history will welcome R. Gregory Nokes' accessible and deeply researched account"... "The biography of the first governor of California and early Oregon pioneer, who organized the first major wagon train to the Oregon Country, served on Oregon's first elected government, and was Oregon's first supreme court judge"... |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 270 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits |
| ISBN: | 9780870719325 |
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| spelling | Nokes, R. Gregory (DE-588)1161413723 aut The troubled life of Peter Burnett Oregon pioneer and first Governor of California R. Gregory Nokes Corvalis Oregon State University Press [2018] © 2018 XI, 270 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "Few people in the nineteenth-century American West could boast the achievements of Peter Burnett. He helped organize the first major wagon train to the Oregon Country. He served on Oregon's first elected government and was Oregon's first supreme court judge. He opened a wagon road from Oregon to California. He worked with the young John Sutter to develop the new city of Sacramento. Within a year of arriving in California, voters overwhelmingly elected him as the first US governor. He also won appointment to the California Supreme Court.<BR /><BR /> It was one heck of a resume. Yet with the exception of the wagon road to California, in none of these roles was Burnett considered successful or well remembered. Indeed, he resigned from many of his most important positions, including the governorship, where he was widely perceived a failure.<BR /><BR /> Burnett's weakness was that he refused to take advice from others. He insisted on marching to his own drum, even when it led to some terrible decisions. A former slaveholder, he could never seem to get beyond his single-minded goal of banning blacks and other minorities from the West.<BR /><BR />The Troubled Life of Peter Burnett is the first full-length biography of this complicated character. Historians, scholars, and general readers with an interest in Western history will welcome R. Gregory Nokes' accessible and deeply researched account"... "The biography of the first governor of California and early Oregon pioneer, who organized the first major wagon train to the Oregon Country, served on Oregon's first elected government, and was Oregon's first supreme court judge"... Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman) 1807-1895 Burnett, Peter H. 1807-1895 (DE-588)138172528 gnd rswk-swf BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical / bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political / bisacsh HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) / bisacsh HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA) / bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA) Governors California Biography Legislators Oregon Biography Frontier and pioneer life Oregon Pioneers Oregon Pioneers California California History 1846-1850 California Politics and government 1850-1950 (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Burnett, Peter H. 1807-1895 (DE-588)138172528 p DE-604 |
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