Sketches of Early Texas and Louisiana

by Frédéric Gaillardet and Gaillardet, Fr`Ed`Eric,

Book Overview

A lively report of travels in early nineteenth-century Texas and Louisiana and a fascinating account of the discovery, exploration, and settlement of those areas is presented in the work of this ebullient young French dramatist and journalist who traveled to Louisiana in 1837 and to Texas in 1839.

Fr d ric Gaillardet, an alert and talented writer of the romantic school, was lured away for a decade from a successful career in Paris to satisfy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292701020
• ISBN13: 9780292701021
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"