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The last voyageurs : retracing La Salle's journey across America : sixteen teenagers on the adventure of a lifetime / Lorraine Boissoneault.
In 1976, America's bicentennial, 24 young men set out to re-create French explorer La Salle's voyage down the entire length of the Mississippi River, abandoning their modern identities in order to live like the voyageurs of the 1600s.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781605989761
- ISBN: 1605989762
- ISBN: 9781681774138
- ISBN: 1681774135
- Physical Description: xii, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Make no little plans -- Reconstructing the past -- The life of a voyageur -- The bonds of brotherhood -- Stuck between two worlds -- No trails but the waterways themselves -- Trapped at death's door -- "The beginning of our hardships" -- The most dangerous product the intellect has concocted -- Parallel voyages -- The green buoy. |
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| Genre: | Nonfiction. History. History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 917.704 BOI (Text) | 000156409 | Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/30/2024 |
The Last Voyageurs
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The Last Voyageurs
Reid Lewis never wanted to be an ordinary French teacher. With the approach of the American Bicentennial, he decided to put his knowledge of French language and history to use in recreating the voyage of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the first European to travel from Montreal to the end of the Mississippi River. Lewis' crew of modern voyageurs was comprised of 16 high school students and 6 teachers who learned to sew their own 17th-century clothing, paddle handmade canoes, and construct black powder rifles. Together they set off on an eight-month, 3,300-mile expedition across the major waterways of North America. They fought strong currents on the St. Lawrence, paddled through storms on the Great Lakes, and walked over 500 miles across the frozen Midwest during one of the coldest winters of the 20th century, all while putting on performances about the history of French explorers for communities along their route. Weaving the true history of La Salle's initial voyage throughout the narrative, The Last Voyageurs tells the story of a truly unique American odyssey, where a group of young men discovered themselves by pretending to be French explorers.
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