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Biography & Autobiography General

Bourgmont: Explorer of the Missouri, 1698-1725

by (author) Frank Norall

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1988
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780888641427
    Publish Date
    Jan 1988
    List Price
    $8.00

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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.

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