Louisiana, Napoleon and the United States

An Autobiography of Pierre-Clement De Laussat

Maurice Lebel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

1989
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-8191-7447-5 (ISBN)

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This informative first-time translation of the autobiography of Pierre-Clement de Laussat (1756-1835), offers a portrait of the middle-man in the transaction of 1803 which gave the United States the Louisiana territory. The life of this 'transfer agent' reads like a novel amply detailed with the love, pride, ambition, and courage that drove him to make a mark on history. Appointed by Napoleon in 1803 as Colonial Prefect for Louisiana and Commissioner General, Pierre-Clement de Laussat negotiated the cession of the Louisiana Territory to France from Spain and fended off the danger of foreign occupation and internal insurrections threatening Louisiana during the interim of the switch of control by the countries involved. It was he who represented France at the ceremonies of cession of Louisiana on December 20, 1803 and who received the French flag when it was lowered in Jackson Square to be replaced by the American colors. And it was he who continued to maintain peace in the newly-acquired territory until William C. Claiborn assumed governship for the United States. Translated with an introduction by Sister Agnes-Josephine Pastwa. Compiled by Sister Joan LaVerne Rutz.

Maurice Lebel, O.C., F.R.S.C., is Professor Emeritus at the University of Laval, Quebec.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.12.1989
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 237 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-10	0-8191-7447-5 / 0819174475
ISBN-13	978-0-8191-7447-5 / 9780819174475
Zustand	Neuware