Arriving in Mexican California in 1832, Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) expected to become a rich man-and he did: he became a successful merchant, financier, and land developer. Larkin also became the confidant of California officials, American consul to California, and secret agent of the president of the United States during the territory's transition from Mexican to American control. Harlan Hague and David Langum have uncovered a large body of new information, shedding light on many aspects of Larkin's personal life as well ...
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Arriving in Mexican California in 1832, Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) expected to become a rich man-and he did: he became a successful merchant, financier, and land developer. Larkin also became the confidant of California officials, American consul to California, and secret agent of the president of the United States during the territory's transition from Mexican to American control. Harlan Hague and David Langum have uncovered a large body of new information, shedding light on many aspects of Larkin's personal life as well as on his business and diplomatic activities. Historians and general readers will welcome this full-scale biography of one of the most important men in the history of early California.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. 1st edition. Dust jacket has sunfading to the spine, a bumped corner, and and edgewear to the cap and base of the spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 304 p. Audience: General/trade. Book has foxing to the edges of the pageblock, a softly bumped corner, and shelfwear to the cap and base of the spine. Larkin was a successful merchant, financier, and land developer in 1830 s California. He became the confidant of California officials, American consul to California, and secret agent of the president of the United States during the territory's transition from Mexican to American control. Hague is the author of "Road to California: The Search for a Southern Overland Route, 1540 1848". Langum is the author of "Law and Community on the Mexican California Frontier: Anglo-American Expatriates and the Clash of Legal Traditions, 1821-1846" and "Quite Contrary: The Litigious Life of Mary Bennett Love (American Liberty and Justice)". Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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