Colonial Ste. Genevieve

Colonial Ste. Genevieve
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Publisher : SIU Press
Total Pages : 543
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ISBN-10 : 9780809333806
ISBN-13 : 0809333805
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Book Synopsis Colonial Ste. Genevieve by : Carl J. Ekberg

Download or read book Colonial Ste. Genevieve written by Carl J. Ekberg and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Ekberg's masterwork on the old French town south of St. Louis brings into sharp focus life in colonial America. Ekberg has rendered a rich portrait of community life on the most fascinating of American frontiers, the composite world of French Creoles and American Indians in the Mississippi Valley. This is an important book and a good read to boot. That's how Yale University's John Mack Faragher praised this book.


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