{"product_id":"reconnaissance-in-sonora-charles-d-postons-1854-exploration-of-mexico-and-the-gadsden-purchase-paperback","title":"Reconnaissance in Sonora: Charles D. Poston's 1854 Exploration of Mexico and the Gadsden Purchase - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eC. Gilbert Storms\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1854, funded by a syndicate of San Francisco businessmen, Charles D. Poston and a party of twenty-five men launched an expedition from San Francisco to Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, before trekking north into Arizona and returning to California. \u003ci\u003eReconnaissance in Sonora \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to light Poston's handwritten report to the syndicate about the journey, published here for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poston led his party through Sonora and the territory of the 1854 Gadsden Purchase, which today encompasses southern Arizona and a portion of southern New Mexico. The syndicate's charge to the young adventurer was to acquire land in Mexico in anticipation of the Gadsden Purchase and the building of the transcontinental railroad. \u003ci\u003eReconnaissance in Sonora\u003c\/i\u003e details Poston's expedition, including the founding of the town of Colorado City at the site of present-day Yuma, Arizona. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e C. Gilbert Storms explores the American ideas of territorial expansion and Manifest Destiny, the national debate over a route for a transcontinental railroad, the legends of rich gold and silver mines in northern Mexico, and the French and American filibusters that plagued northern Mexico in the early 1850s.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. Gilbert Storms taught American literature and writing for twenty-nine years at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He now lives in Tucson, Arizona, where he researches and writes about Arizona history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.9 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774281244869,"sku":"9780816554966","price":51.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/rUmTHqIe9f9780816554966.webp?v=1770520811","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/reconnaissance-in-sonora-charles-d-postons-1854-exploration-of-mexico-and-the-gadsden-purchase-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}