Letters from New France
Subtitle: The Upper Country, 1686-1783
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: April 1, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780252018534
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; U.S. History - Colonial Period (1607-1775); History - General History; History: American; USA; Canada - General; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); Canada; Great Lakes Region; Great Lakes Region (North America); History; Mississippi River Valley; Sources; To 1763 (New France); To 1803
Description: "This remarkable collection of historical documents, gleaned from archival repositories in Canada, France, and the United States ... dealing with French-colonial military, religious, and mercantile life, ... The readings that follow focus on colorful personalities and events associated with the Great Lakes country from 1686-1783 ... The story is a complicated one involving Indians, missionaries, traders, soldiers, and governmental bureaucrats"--Cover p.g.