Founding St. Louis: First City of the New West

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ISBN10: 1540224414
ISBN13: 9781540224415
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Apr 26 2011
Pages: 258
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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.

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