{"product_id":"book-d7nh","title":"Dreams of El Dorado","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians.\" —Hampton Sides, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlood and Thunder \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDreams of El Dorado\u003c\/i\u003e, H. W. Brands takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame—and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, \u003ci\u003eDreams of El Dorado \u003c\/i\u003esets a new standard for histories of the American West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Brands] has a deft narrative touch and a talent for highlighting the human drama undergirding historical events … History as adventure story.\" ―\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Brands is a master storyteller … [\u003ci\u003eDreams of El Dorado\u003c\/i\u003e] will enthrall aficionados of 19th-century American history.\" ―\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349096866096,"sku":"BDd7nh","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49349096931632,"sku":"ZEd7nh","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d7nh-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778136731","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d7nh","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}