UID:
almafu_9959233789602883
Format:
1 online resource (361 p.)
ISBN:
0-252-08061-0
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0-252-09693-2
Content:
A myth-busting history focusing on Louis St. Ange de Bellerive, the forgotten figure who guided a great American city through its infancy.
Note:
Includes index.
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Introduction: beyond the Laclede-Chouteau legend -- Part I. St. Ange de Bellerive and the Illinois Country -- Fort d'Orleans and the Grotton-St. Ange family -- The rise of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive -- The Illinois Country in transition, 1763-1765 -- Commandant St. Ange de Bellerive -- The village emerges -- Part II. Contours of village life -- Logs and stones: early St. Louis buildings -- The Coutume de Paris rules -- Slaves: African and Indian -- In small things forgotten -- Foundations of the St. Louis fur trade -- End of an era -- Conclusion: St. Louis and the wider world.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-252-03897-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-96564-1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3414431
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