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Peter Stark- Astoria
Season 1
Episode 106
Published 4 years, 6 months ago
Description
Financial success and frontier exploration, but at what cost?
In this episode, Cole is joined by Peter Stark, author of the book Astoria, to discuss America’s first millionaire, John Jacob Astor, and his public-private partnership strategy with Thomas Jefferson to open the North American west coast to global trade.