Louisiana, Napoleon and the United States: An Autobiography of Pierre-Clement de Laussat

by Maurice Lebel

This informative first-time translation of the autobiography of Pierre-Clement de Laussat (1756-1835), offers a portrait of the middle-man in the transaction of 1803 which gave the United States the Louisiana territory. The life of this 'transfer agent' reads like a novel amply detailed with the love, pride, ambition, and courage that drove him to make a mark on history. Appointed by Napoleon in 1803 as Colonial Prefect for Louisiana and Commissioner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819174475
• ISBN13: 9780819174475
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 226 Pages