Summary of H. W. Brands' Dreams of El Dorado

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The first Americans entered human history as Asia’s east. They were hunters who spread and multiplied across the Americas, and they forgot where they came from. The American West was sparsely populated because of a lack of water, while the Great Plains were rich due to the resource of buffalo. #2 The Mississippi River was the central artery of North America, and its tributaries drained most of what would becom