The last voyageurs : retracing La Salle's journey across America : sixteen teenagers on the adventur...
The last voyageurs : retracing La Salle's journey across America : sixteen teenagers on the adventur...
The last voyageurs : retracing La Salle's journey across America : sixteen teenagers on the adventure of a lifetime / Lorraine Boissoneault.
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Publisher
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2016/2547
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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 -- Para...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
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.
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The last voyageurs : retracing La Salle's journey across America : sixteen teenagers on the adventure of a lifetime / Lorraine Boissoneault.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274).
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
G 2016/2547
Record Identifier
74VKVq36Mp2b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVq36Mp2b
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ISBN
1605989762 hardcover
9781605989761 hardcover
DDC
977.01
MMS ID
991024007492902626
