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1 online resource |
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Introduction: Beyond the Laclède-Chouteau legend -- Part I. St. Ange de Bellerive and the Illinois Country -- Fort d'Orléans 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 |
| Summary |
A myth-busting history focusing on Louis St. Ange de Bellerive, the forgotten figure who guided a great American city through its infancy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Saint-Ange de Bellerive, Louis Groston de
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Saint-Ange de Bellerive, Louis Groston de fast |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
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French -- Illinois -- History -- 18th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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French
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Illinois -- History -- To 1778.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064302
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Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 18th century
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Illinois
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Missouri -- Saint Louis
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Electronic book
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Person, Sharon, author
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| LC no. |
2019718470 |
| ISBN |
9780252096938 |
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0252096932 |
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