Madeleine: Last French Casquette Bride in New Orleans

by Wanda Maureen Miller

In 1728, beautiful, resourceful Madeleine Boucher is one of the last group of poor young girls given modest dowries in trunks, or casquettes, by the French government-then shipped off to America, where they are intended as wives for the French settlers in the Louisiana Territory. Despite a series of romantic travails, Madeleine remains fiercely dedicated to finding true passion and securing the promise of her new adopted land, free from the prejudices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636495656
• ISBN13: 9781636495651
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Atmosphere Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"