Ed Sutter's 3-Book Box Set

Ed Sutter's 3-Book Box Set
Author: Ed Sutter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 658
Release: 2015-09-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1681460858

The Magic Shop Alec Gavins' first summer job results in love, magic, and adventure. He comes into possession of an ancient golden amulet which grants his wishes, although never in the way he expects. Alec and friends Marina and her uncle Zack begin researching the pendant, discovering it's linked with the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. They've no idea a malevolent group, also looking for the tomb, are determined to get hold of the amulet—at any price. Alec's life becomes a roller-coaster ride when Alexander's spirit attempts to control him—at a time when Alec's going to need his wits about him just to survive... The Defenders When Alec Gavins and his friends investigate a Native American archaeological site in northern Arizona, they find an ancient metal statue where no such artifact should exist. This statue proves to be a clue that leads to evidence of an ancient, high-tech civilization. Alec and his friends must master the ancient technology to save the Earth from destruction. The Amulet and the Staff Everybody seems to want something from Alec Gavins! A beautiful and ruthless CEO wants his amulet; a well-known TV evangelist wants a mystical staff; and a German industrialist wants to gain the secret to a new antigravity technology. In the midst of all of this, Alec is afraid he's losing his girlfriend, Marina Torres, to a rock and roll star. He's going to have to foil the bad guys and win her back, while not getting killed in the process.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Total Pages: 1282
Release: 1967
Genre: Copyright
ISBN:

Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)

John Sutter

John Sutter
Author: Albert L. Hurtado
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780806137728

Re-examines the life of John Sutter in the context of America's rush for westward expansion in a fully documented account of the Swiss expatriate and would-be empire builder and his times.

The Sutter Family and the Origins of Gold-Rush Sacramento

The Sutter Family and the Origins of Gold-Rush Sacramento
Author: John Augustus Sutter
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780806134932

John A. Sutter (1803-1880) could have become one of the richest men in California when gold was found on his property. Instead he lost his vast land holdings on the Sacramento and Feather Rivers and eventually left California penniless. Sutter always claimed to be the victim of charlatans, but he bore considerable responsibility for his downfall. He had amassed huge debts before the gold discovery and added even more afterward. In the rough dealings of frontier capitalism in gold rush California, Sutter was easy prey. Soon after the gold discovery, Sutter’s eldest son, John Jr., (1826-1897) arrived, but soon moved south to Mexico. Hoping to obtain compensation for the land that he and his father had lost, John, Jr., returned to California in 1855 to give his lawyer a thorough statement cataloging how both Sutters were swindled. This extensive document describes the dirty deals of the first great gold rush in the western United States. Sutter’s statement has not been available for sixty years. Editor Allan R. Ottley reproduced and annotated this statement, providing a full biographical context and offering an appendix, bibliography, and index. Albert L. Hurtado’s introduction updates the book, originally published in 1942.

Gold

Gold
Author: Blaise Cendrars
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: California
ISBN: 9780720611755

In January 1848, John Augustus Sutter, "the first American millionaire," was ruined by one blow of a pickaxe. That blow revealed gold in one of the streams in Sutter's Californian estate, triggering the Gold Rush that brought hordes of greedy miners from every corner of the world to Sutter's vast domain. This is the story of this bankrupt Swiss paper maker who abandoned his family and made his way to America to seek his fortune. From New York he pushed westward, eventually acquiring a huge tract of land of which he was virtually an independent ruler and which was on the point of making him "the richest man in the world" when the Gold Rush brought disaster. For the last 30 years of his life, Sutter tried vainly to get compensation from the U.S. government. He died in 1880, a broken old man. This is a work of breathless pace, fantastic humor, and soaring invention: an extraordinary story extraordinarily told.