Wallace Ohrt
Autore di The Accidental Missionaries: How a Vacation Turned into a Vocation
Opere di Wallace Ohrt
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- 3
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- 49
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- #320,875
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- 4.0
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- 1
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- 4
* Removed Mexico's claim on Texas, which let that nation become a state.
* Brought much of the western North American continent under US jurisdiction.
* Bought California from Mexico.
The Mexican effort takes up nearly half of the book, and is at least as much political history as biography--President Polk, Secretary Buchanan, General Taylor, and General Scott all had political concerns and ambitions, as did some lesser players. This part's fascinating. The author's account seems reasonably fair to all of the principals.
Glad I read it. I knew just enough about Trist to expect the story to be interesting; it was.… (altro)