Before Lewis and Clark : the story of the Chouteaus, the French dynasty that ruled America's frontier

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Main Author: Christian, Shirley, 1938-
Language:English
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Physical Description:509 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [439]-483) and index.
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.
ISBN:0374110050 (alk. paper)
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505 0 |a Among a people of strange speech -- First generation: Pierre Laclède Liguest -- Haughty children of the middle waters -- Business of St. Louis -- Auguste and Pierre, greatly loved and greatly feared -- New rulers, new ways -- Intrigues and possibilities -- Enveloped in a cloud of miseries -- Dreaming big--and stumbling -- Third generation -- Auguste and Pierre: men of property -- Pierre Jr.: gentle Creole, driven tycoon -- A.P. Chouteau: star-crossed hero -- François and Bérénice: together to a new place -- Pierre Jr.: position, advantage, and perhaps vanity. 
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