Ekberg, Carl J., <br/><br/>
St. Louis rising :  the French regime of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive / 
 Saint Louis rising 
Carl J. Ekberg, Sharon K. Person. 
 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Beyond the Laclède-Chouteau legend --  Part I. St. Ange de Bellerive and the Illinois Country --  Fort d'Orléans and the Grotton-St. Ange family --  The rise of Louis St. Ange de Bellerive --  The Illinois Country in transition, 1763-1765 --  Commandant St. Ange de Bellerive --  The village emerges --  Part II. Contours of village life --  Logs and stones: early St. Louis buildings --  The Coutume de Paris rules --  Slaves: African and Indian --  In small things forgotten --  Foundations of the St. Louis fur trade --  End of an era --  Conclusion: St. Louis and the wider world. 
<br/><br/> A myth-busting history focusing on Louis St. Ange de Bellerive, the forgotten figure who guided a great American city through its infancy. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252096938 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718470 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Saint-Ange de Bellerive, Louis Groston de.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Frontier and pioneer life--Illinois.<br/>Frontier and pioneer life--Missouri--Saint Louis.<br/>French--History--Illinois--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F544  / .S756 2015