Download or read book The Tide of Empire written by Michael Golay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-09-04 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses letters, diaries, and published and unpublished memoirs to chronicle the contributions of the trappers, traders, explorers, missionaries, and pioneers who opened the Pacific Coast to mass settlement.