Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
John Sutter, "The Father of California" and the man on whose land gold was discovered, is one of California's great enigmas. Was he just an adventurer, or a far-sighted dreamer ruined by the ungrateful '49ers who swarmed over Sutter's Fort? In this insightful account, Richard Dillon comes to terms with the paradoxical history of this remarkable man.