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Title

A visionary adventurer : Arsène Lacarrière Latour, 1778-1837 : the unusual travels of a Frenchman in the Americas / by Jean Garrigoux ; translated by Gordon S. Brown.

Author

Garrigoux, Jean

Publication

Lafayette, LA : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, [2017]

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Description

viii, 332 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Uniform Title

Aventurier visionnaire. English

Alternative Title

Aventurier visionnaire.

Subjects

• French
• Architects
• Military engineers
• Latour, Arsène Lacarrière, 1778-1837
• Filibusters
• Louisiana
• America
• Cantal, Massif (France) > Biography
• Louisiana > New Orleans
• Biography
• French > United States > Biography
• Architects > United States > Biography
• United States > History > War of 1812 > Participation, French
• Military engineers > Louisiana > Biography
• France > Cantal
• Latour, Arsène Lacarrière, 1778-1837 > Travel > America
• History
• New Orleans, Battle of (Louisiana : 1815)
• Filibusters > United States > Biography
• Travel
• Military participation > French
• War of 1812
• United States > Army > Biography
• New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815
• 1812-1815

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.

Contents

The son of the lieutenant general -- A young man during the Revolution -- Service in Saint Domingue -- An architect in the United States -- From secret agent to chief engineer -- The New Orleans Campaign -- From history to intelligence work -- Agent of the Corsairs and counselor to his Catholic Majesty -- Don Arsenio seduced by Havana -- The businessman -- The bridges of despair -- Sem tornats.

ISBN

• 9781935754930
• 1935754939

LCCN

• 2016044858
• 40027805647

OCLC

• ocn959965347
• 959965347
• SCSB-8962232

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries