Before Lewis and Clark
Subtitle: the story of the chouteaus, the French dynasty that ruled America's frontier
By: Shirley Christian.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780803225244
Subjects: Chouteau family; Pioneers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography; French Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography; Businessmen -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri River Valley; Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Biography; Missouri River Valley -- Biography; Missouri River Valley -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Originally published:  New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Among a people of strange speech; title: The first generation: Pierre Laclède Liguest; title: Haughty children of the middle waters; title: The business of St. Louis; title: Auguste and Pierre, greatly loved and greatly feared; title: New rulers, new ways; title: Intrigues and possibilities; title: Enveloped in a cloud of miseries; title: Dreaming big; title: and stumbling; title: The third generation; title: Auguste and Pierre: men of property; title: Pierre Jr.: gentle creole, driven tycoon; title: A.P. Chouteau: star-crossed hero; title: François and Bérénice: together to a new place; title: Pierre Jr.: position, advantage, and perhaps vanity.