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Author:

Fausz, J. Frederick.

Title:

Founding St. Louis : first city of the new West / J. Frederick Fausz.

Publisher:

History Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Saint Louis (Mo.)--History.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--Pictorial works.
Laclède-Liguest, Pierre de,--1724-1778.
Chouteau, Auguste,--1750-1829.
French Americans--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--Saint Louis.--Saint Louis.
City planning--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--History.
Osage Indians--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--History.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--Ethnic relations.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN:

1609490169
9781609490164

OCLC:

(OCoLC)670324883

LCCN:

2010043552

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)