This is an excellent first hand account of the original discovery of what was to be the Oregon Trail (in reverse). Robert Stuart originally left New York on the ship the Tonquin, funded by John Jacob Astor, and sailed around the tip of South America and then eventually up to the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon to establish a trading post. Stuart then proceeded to head back east to report to Astor about the state of affairs of the trading fort. With only a handful of men, they went by canoe, horseback and mostly by foot, from the mouth of the Columbia to St. Louis, then eventually to New York. This historical narrative is beyond words. They faced the hardships of hunger, fatigue, Indians, weather, and about everything else one can think of. It is truly a fascinating portrayal of day to day survival in the 1812 wilderness written from the hand of the man who was there. What I also enjoyed about the book was the Appendix on Wilson Price Hunt who, also working for Astor, took an expedition by land from St. Louis to Oregon at about the same time. His written account is also mind-blowing and puts the whole book into perspective. There is also an excellent forward by Rollins which gives you a background on what you are about to read.

Robert Stuart, a partner of John Jacob Astor, was sent by ship to Oregon on company business, and returned cross country by horseback, canoe and foot. Along the way he kept a journal, written in berry juice, which is reprinted here. Washington Irving also wrote "Astoria" based on this journal.

Our whole country should be grateful to Robert Stuart for his discovery of the Oregon Trail and his courage against unbelievable odds in making such a tortuous journey. This book was first printed in 1935 and the original copies are scarce and valuable. So I was thrilled to discover that Amazon not only sold it but that it was now in paperback! When the word gets around to the rest of his descendants, we will have this book on the best seller list, where it belongs. So take that, Lewis & Clark!

The first resident historian at the renovated landmark Astoria Studios (APC), and then at the associated new American Museum of the Moving Image (AMMI), noted film scholar Richard Koszarski brought to life here an engaging early chronicle of a New York chapter of pictorial highlights in celebrating the best in American media. Published nearly twenty years before this age of grim Taliban influences and videogame savageries, it may be time again for us to reflect on a new sequel of refreshing views and memories in these serial chapters of American media culture.

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Great map. Everything is there. Astoria is the best place in the world ! Goonie forever.

This strange windy novel is overly verbose. It starts out with conviction and one expects it will be better than it turns out being in the long run. It wanders and the experiment it encompasses just doesn't work. This author has the sort of mind that enjoys itself too much. The prose is overly self-conscious and the story lacks emotional conviction. Viscusi is a self-involved writer. He neeeds to connect in a more human way and not be so overly, self-consciously intellectual and verbose. There is wasted skill here. [Your age button is broken. I'm actually 51 years old and I've read enormously much, but the button won't let me enter my true age.]

Robert Viscusi's Astoria takes on the difficult question of how to tell the story of the Italian immigration to the United States without falling into the sludgepot of cliches that writers on this topic usually employ. Viscusi tells the story of the Italians in America as if it were an episode of the French revolution. This unlikely strategy produces a narrative that deals with all of the familiar issues, but always in a way that is both fresh and surprising. This is a novel for people who would rather think than merely to have their preconceptions stroked. writers will be mining this book for years.

The book is a Christian-based named book. With each name, there is a one or two word "Inherent meaning," to the name and a one or two word "Spiritual Connotation," and then a bible verse that relates to the meaning. I was hoping there would be more explanation of the names.

This was also not the book I meant to order. There is another book with the same title by Pierre Le Rouzic.

Although it's a Christian book, there is a wide variety of names from all cultures that are not Bible-based names.

I like how all the names are listed alphabetically and not divided by sex. To me, it just seems to take longer to go through names when they're divided. With this book, you have one set of "A" names instead of two, etc. Another thing I like is that there isn't an overwhelming amount of alternate spelling and nickname suggestions.

The Name Book is from an interdenominational Christian perspective and includes Bible verses from various Bible translations (each abbreviated). There are also lists in the back of female and male Biblical names. Even if you're not Christian and are simply looking for a name, don't pass this resource up.

This book is an excellent research resource for the serious student seeking to learn the Father's symbolic language to us in regard to dreams & visions. This is not a regular run-of-the-mill book of baby names to choose from (although it provides an excellent resource for that as well). It is brief, concise & to the point with the language/cultural origin, inherent meaning, spiritual connotation & Scripture reference - & precisely because of this form, it is able to list so many names (over 10,000). It is an absolutely invaluable & wonderful research tool. Many, many, many thanks to the authors/compilers!