Life and Ventures of the Original John Jacob Astor
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150
1915
English
- 00 - Foreword
- 01 - A Pivotal Day
- 02 - The Forest Village on the Old Roman Road
- 03 - The Village School and the Old Church Bells
- 04 - Waiting Years
- 05 - John Helffrich's Journal
- 06 - Leaving Home
- 07 - England and America
- 08 - America
- 09 - Beginning the Fur Business
- 10 - New York a Little City
- 11 - Starting in Business for Himself
- 12 - John Jacob Astor's Home and Family
- 13 - Independence Day While It was New
- 14 - Traversing the Wilderness
- 15 - By Canoe Through the Great Lakes
- 16 - Extending the Fur Trade
- 17 - The East India Pass No. 68
- 18 - A New Century
- 19 - A Vision that Crossed a Continent
- 20 - The Voyage of the Tonquin
- 21 - Over the Rockies to Astoria
- 22 - Carrying Dispatches to Mr. Astor
- 23 - England's Trophy
- 24 - John Jacob Astor and the War of 1812
- 25 - Landlord and Airlord
- 26 - The Astor Family
- 27 - The Astorhaus
- 28 - Homes and Neighbors
- 29 - Literary Friends and Business Companions
- 30 - Writing "Astoria"
- 31 - Founding the Astor Library
- 32 - Gathering the Threads Together
John Jacob Astor was pre-eminently the opener of new paths, a breaker of trails. From his first tramp alone through the Black Forest of Baden, at sixteen, his life never lost this typical touch. In America, both shores of the Hudson, and the wilderness to the Northwest knew his trail. The trees of the forests west of the Mississippi were blazed by his hunters and trappers; and his partners and agents planted through this vast region the flag of the American Fur Company. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans were invisibly lined by the path of his vessels. His were the first American ships to habitually circle the globe, trading around the earth. With his far-sighted vision withdrawn from distant scenes, and centered on Manhattan Island, he led the way toward the upbuilding of the largest, and most important city in the new world. (Summary from book's Foreword)
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