Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-483) and index.
Contents:
Among a people of strange speech -- The first generation: Pierre Lacld̈e Liguest -- Haughty children of the middle waters -- The 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 -- The third generation -- Auguste and Pierre: men of property -- Pierre Jr.: gentle creole, driven tycoon -- A.P. Chouteau: star-crossed hero -- Franȯis and Břňice: together to a new place -- Pierre Jr.: position, advantage, and perhaps vanity.
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