From French Community to Missouri Town: Ste. Genevieve in the Nineteenth Century Volume 1

by Bonnie Stepenoff

Book Overview

A small French settlement thrived for half a century on the west bank of the Mississippi River before the Louisiana Purchase made it part of the United States in 1803. But for the citizens of Ste. Genevieve, becoming Americans involved more than simply acknowledging a transfer of power. Bonnie Stepenoff has written an engaging history of Missouri's oldest permanent settlement to explore what it meant to be Americanized in our country's early years...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826216684
• ISBN13: 9780826216687
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5