The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747 A Sojourner in the French Atlantic |
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| Editor:
| Sayre, Gordon M.
Zecher, Carla |
| Author:
| Sayre, Gordon M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-3722-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1719, Jean-Francois-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny set sail for Louisiana with a commission as a lieutenant after a year in Quebec. During his peregrinations over the next eighteen years, Dumont came to challenge corrupt officials, found himself in jail, eked out a living as a colonial subsistence farmer, survived life-threatening storms and epidemics, encountered pirates, witnessed the 1719 battle for Pensacola, described the 1729 Natchez Uprising, and gave account of the 1739-1740...
More DescriptionIn 1719, Jean-Francois-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny set sail for Louisiana with a commission as a lieutenant after a year in Quebec. During his peregrinations over the next eighteen years, Dumont came to challenge corrupt officials, found himself in jail, eked out a living as a colonial subsistence farmer, survived life-threatening storms and epidemics, encountered pirates, witnessed the 1719 battle for Pensacola, described the 1729 Natchez Uprising, and gave account of the 1739-1740 French expedition against the Chickasaw.