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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815291903321

Autore

Ekberg Carl J

Titolo

A French aristocrat in the American West [[electronic resource] ] : the shattered dreams of De Lassus de LuzieĢ€res / / Carl J. Ekberg ; with a foreword by Marie-Sol de La Tour d'Auvergne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8262-7227-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

944.04092

B

Soggetti

Aristocracy (Social class) - France

France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Refugees

Mississippi River Valley History To 1803

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Source documents" (p. [115] - 225) contains 36 items given here in English translations.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. From France to the Mississippi valley -- pt. 2. Source documents.

Sommario/riassunto

Biography of Frenchman who escaped the French Revolution, came to America, and founded the town of New Bourbon, leaving behind extensive commentaries on the Missouri frontier at the close of the colonial era.