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Founding St. Louis : first city of the new West

Title: Founding St. Louis : first city of the new West / J. Frederick Fausz.
Author: Fausz, J. Frederick.
Publication: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2011.

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Description

238 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 23 cm

Summary

"The animal wealth of the western "wilderness" provided by talented "savages" encouraged French-Americans from Illinois, Canada and Louisiana to found a cosmopolitan center of international commerce that was a model of multicultural harmony. Historian J. Frederick Fausz offers a fresh interpretation of Saint Louis from 1764 to 1804, explaining how Pierre Lacl de, the early Chouteaus, Saint Ange de Bellerive and the Osage Indians established a "gateway" to an enlightened, alternative frontier of peace and prosperity before Lewis and Clark were even born. Historians, genealogists and general readers will appreciate the well-researched perspectives in this engaging story about a novel French West long ignored in American History"--Back cover.

Alternative Title

Founding Saint Louis

Subject

Genre/Form

History.
Pictorial works.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-238).

Contents

Introduction: A French heritage lost and found -- pt. 1. Founding St. Louis : origins -- The pioneer from the Pyrenees -- The planning in New Orleans -- The people of French Illinois -- pt. 2. Fashioning St. Louis : operations -- Constructing a wilderness civilization -- Creating a congenial Indian capital -- Epilogue: Finding and "fixing" St. Louis.

ISBN

9781609490164
1609490169

LCCN

2010043552

OCLC

ocn670324883
670324883
SCSB-9523713

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library