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John Sutter, "The Father of California" and the man on whose land gold was discovered, is one of California's great enigmas. Was he just an adventurer, or a far-sighted dreamer ruined by the ungrateful '49ers who swarmed over Sutter's Fort? In this insightful account, Richard Dillon comes to terms with the paradoxical history of this remarkable man.Dillon, Richard is the author of 'Captain John Sutter Sacramento Valley's Sainted Sinner' with ISBN 9780934136150 and ISBN 0934136157.
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