St. Louis Rising: The French Regime of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive

by Carl J. Ekberg and Sharon K. Person

Book Overview

The standard story of St. Louis's founding tells of fur traders Pierre Lacl de and Auguste Chouteau hacking a city out of wilderness. St. Louis Rising overturns such gauzy myths with the contrarian thesis that French government officials and institutions shaped and structured early city society. Of the former, none did more than Louis St. Ange de Bellerive. His commitment to the Bourbon monarchy and to civil tranquility made him the prime mover...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080610
• ISBN13: 9780252080616
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"