A visionary adventurer
Subtitle: Arsène Lacarrière Latour, 1778-1837 : the unusual travels of a Frenchman in the Americas
By: by Jean Garrigoux ; translated by Gordon S. Brown
Publisher: University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Lafayette, LA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781935754930
Subjects: Travel; Biography; French; Architects; Military engineers; Filibusters; History; French Participation; New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Military participation; United States. Army; United States; New Orleans, Battle of (Louisiana : 1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01404363; War of 1812. fast (OCoLC)fst01199067
Work titles: Aventurier visionnaire
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.
Table of contents: title: The son of the lieutenant general; title: A young man during the Revolution; title: Service in Saint Domingue; title: An architect in the United States; title: From secret agent to chief engineer; title: The New Orleans Campaign; title: From history to intelligence work; title: Agent of the Corsairs and counselor to his Catholic Majesty; title: Don Arsenio seduced by Havana; title: The businessman; title: The bridges of despair; title: Sem tornats.