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Published by Basic Books in 2020

They called him Mickey Free

is found throughout North and Central America

this lushly illustrated coast-to-coast journey documents in large format the nation's most magnificent and sacred places—and shows why they should be preserved for future generations to enjoy

Dreams of El Dorado LECL and a twitchable noseIn Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay at home cousins to shame and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of