LEADER 03149nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910791973403321 005 20230725021417.0 010 $a0-8173-8511-8 035 $a(CKB)2560000000079500 035 $a(EBL)835654 035 $a(OCoLC)772459205 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000585165 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369791 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000585165 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10593311 035 $a(PQKB)10432571 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC835654 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17222 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL835654 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10527769 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000079500 100 $a20110127d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReborn in America$b[electronic resource] $eFrench exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865 /$fEric Saugera ; translated by Madeleine Velguth 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (586 p.) 225 1 $aAtlantic crossings 300 $aBased on the author's thesis written in French in 2007, entitled: Renai?tre en Ame?rica. 311 $a0-8173-1723-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTreason and terror -- A critical moment -- The "chief culprits" -- Political reaction in Gironde -- Across the Atlantic -- Maritime exodus -- A conflictual friendship -- Settling in America -- Alabama's exotic roots -- Grape harvests in America -- The new Thebaid -- A gift from Congress -- A family affair -- French lands in Alabama -- Routes to the South -- The promised land -- The French and the others -- A model colonist -- Choice of a world -- Rebirth in America -- Return to the homeland. 330 $aThe history of the Vine and Olive Colony in Demopolis, Alabama, has long been clouded by romantic myths. The notion that it was a doomed attempt by Napoleonic exiles in America to plant a wine- and olive-growing community in Alabama based on the ideals of the French Revolution, has long been bolstered by the images that have been proliferated in the popular imagination of French ladies (in Josephine-style gowns) and gentlemen (in officer's full dress uniforms) lounging in the breeze on the bluffs overlooking the Tombigbee River while sturdy French peasants plowed the rich soil of the Blac 410 0$aAtlantic crossings. 606 $aFrench Americans$zAlabama$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFrench Americans$xLand tenure$zAlabama$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAgricultural colonies$zAlabama$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aVine and Olive Colony 607 $aAlabama$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aFrench Americans$xHistory 615 0$aFrench Americans$xLand tenure$xHistory 615 0$aAgricultural colonies$xHistory 676 $a976.1/05 700 $aSaugera$b Eric$0253190 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791973403321 996 $aReborn in America$93711704 997 $aUNINA