Napoleon's Soldiers in America Paperback - 1998
by Simone de Delery; Delery; Simone De La Souchere Delery
From the rear cover
Early-nineteenth-century Europe had been in turmoil. The Napoleonic Wars that once ravaged the continent had ended, Napoleon had been exiled to St. Helena, and his Grande Arm1/2e lay in disarray. His most devoted officers and men, refusing allegiance to the hated Bourbons, looked for new and distant lands.
Hopefully, if not enthusiastically, they came to America. Most of them remained to help build an emerging nation. Among their number were many of the skilled minds--the engineers, generals, architects, city planners, and newspaper publishers--whose contributions to a young America were vital and whose legacies still endure.
In recounting the saga of these former Napoleonics, Simone de la Souch1/2re Del1/2ry has drawn extensively from documents, letters, relics, and other treasured family heirlooms in the possession of their descendants. Countless Americans today can trace their ancestry to these hardy exiles who, in the manner of the Pilgrims two centuries earlier, sailed to America in search of a new life.
A native of France, Del1/2ry taught French at Tulane University for thirty years. She has written two other books, France d'Am1/2rique, in collaboration with Gladys Ann Renshaw, and La France en Louisiane. Napoleon's Soldiers in America was published originally in French under the title A la Poursuite des Aigles, a book of the month selection by Le Cercle du Livre de France.
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- Title Napoleon's Soldiers in America
- Author Simone de Delery; Delery; Simone De La Souchere Delery
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 244
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pelican Publishing Company
- Date 1998-12-22
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781565546592 / 1565546598
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.47 x 5.48 x 0.67 in (21.51 x 13.92 x 1.70 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Deep South
- Cultural Region: French
- Cultural Region: Gulf Coast
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 74186543
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