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Reborn in America : French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865

Title
Reborn in America : French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865 / Eric Saugera ; translated by Madeleine Velguth.
Author
Saugera, Éric.
Publication
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.

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Description
x, 572 p. : maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Atlantic crossings
Uniform Title
Atlantic crossings.
Subjects
Note
  • Based on the author's thesis written in French in 2007, entitled: Renaître en América.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Treason 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.
Call Number
ITN 11-9008
ISBN
  • 9780817317232 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0817317236 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780817385118 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
  • 0817385118 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2011002960
OCLC
YBP 2011002960
Author
Saugera, Éric.
Title
Reborn in America : French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865 / Eric Saugera ; translated by Madeleine Velguth.
Imprint
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.
Series
Atlantic crossings
Atlantic crossings.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
ITN 11-9008
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