Ghost Empire; How the French Almost Conquered North America by Marchand, Philip

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart [0-7710-5677-X] 2005, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 444pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Maps, bibliography. Some underlining in ink from page 280 onward. "After he explored the Great Lakes and the entire Mississippi, la Salle was murdered by his own men when he led them on a disastrous mission to Texas. But the vast land he claimed for France in 1682 could have become - had it not been for a few twists of history - an alternative North America: a French-speaking empire, extending more than a thousand miles beyond Quebec, that was Catholic in religion and in which Native peoples played a very different role". Time Period 17th Century. Locale: Great Lakes; Quebec--Canada; Texas. (Travel, Exploration, History--Canada, History--United States, Indians of North America, Indigenous Peoples--Canada, Indigenous Peoples--United States).