Reborn in America
Subtitle: French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865
By: Eric Saugera ; translated by Madeleine Velguth
Series: Atlantic crossings; Atlantic crossings
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
ISBN-13: 9780817317232; 9780817385118
Subjects: Agricultural colonies; History; French Americans; Land tenure
Notes: Based on the author's thesis written in French in 2007, entitled: Renaître en América.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Treason and terror; title: A critical moment; title: The "chief culprits"; title: Political reaction in Gironde; title: Across the Atlantic; title: Maritime exodus; title: A conflictual friendship; title: Settling in America; title: Alabama's exotic roots; title: Grape harvests in America; title: The new Thebaid; title: A gift from Congress; title: A family affair; title: French lands in Alabama; title: Routes to the South; title: The promised land; title: The French and the others; title: A model colonist; title: Choice of a world; title: Rebirth in America; title: Return to the homeland.