Founding St. Louis : first city of the new West / J. Frederick Fausz
Object Details
- Author
- Fausz, J. Frederick
- Subject
- Laclède-Liguest, Pierre de 1724-1778
- Chouteau, Auguste 1750-1829
- 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
- 2011
- Type
- Books
- Pictorial works
- Physical description
- 238 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm
- Place
- Missouri
- Saint Louis
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
- Title
- Founding Saint Louis
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- French Americans--History
- Frontier and pioneer life
- City planning--History
- Osage Indians--History
- History
- Ethnic relations
- Commerce
- Record ID
- siris_sil_969200
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
