Biography & Autobiography General
Bourgmont: Explorer of the Missouri, 1698-1725
- Publisher
- The University of Alberta Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1988
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780888641427
- Publish Date
- Jan 1988
- List Price
- $8.00
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Out of print
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Description
Soldier, coureur de bois, gentleman, Bourgmont set out from Quebec for the Missouri River country around 1712 as a military deserter and outlaw and left it ten years later a candidate for the French nobility. Bourgmont is the first full account of his career in America.