My thanks to her and to her staff - it was always a pleasure to drop in to their office on Willcocks. The Persistence of Blood La Salle on the Prairies The Great Peace China Fort Frontenac The Carrying Place Fort Niagara Detroit Saint Ignace Green Bay Kankakee Sainte Genevieve Fort Assumption Arkansas Post La Pointe Noire The Devil’s Empire The Communion of Saintsġ 44 67 89 114 132 144 177 218 246 262 310 332 351 375 404 430Īcknowledgements This book would never have appeared had it not been for my agent, Anne McDermid, who helped to shape the idea of the book and who stayed with me through many a discouragement. “History, history! We fools, what do we know or care?” – William Carlos Williams, In the American Grain “Pauvres sots! comme si la religion catholique n’était pas la plus avantageuse et la plus agréable des religions!” – Alexandre Dumas, Les trois mousquetairesĬontents Acknowledgements xi Chronology xv Map of La Salle’s Texas Expedition, 1685–1687 xviii Map of La Salle’s Exploration, 1678–1687 xix ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN ELEVEN TWELVE THIRTEEN FOURTEEN FIFTEEN SIXTEEN EPILOGUE The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z.-).
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E.FM .-dc British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. North America-Discovery and exploration-French. France-Colonies-AmericaHistory-th century. FranceColonies-America-History-th century. French-North AmericaHistory-th century. French-North America-History-th century. Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marchand, Philip, Ghost empire : how the French almost conquered North America / Philip Marchand. GHOST EMPIRE How the French Almost Conquered North America GHOST EMPIRE: How the French Almost Conquered North America
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