Prof Fausz Book signing
Steven Fitzpatrick Smith
History professor Fred Fausz of UM-St. Louis will be on hand to sign
copies of his new book, Founding St. Louis: First City of the New
West, and to chat with patrons of The Royale. Books will be on sale at
the bar.
The History Press, May 2011
* $21.99 pb / 240 pages, 52 illustrations
Fred Fausz offers a fresh interpretation of French St. Louis and the
western Fur Trade from 1764 -1804, explaining how colonists from
France, Canada, Illinois, and Louisiana created an alternative
frontier of commercial prosperity and enlightened diplomacy as Osage
Indian allies.
Introduction: A French Heritage Lost and Found
Part I: Founding St. Louis: Origins
A Pioneer from the Pyrenees
The Planners in New Orleans
The People and Prospects of Illinois
Part II: Fashioning St. Louis: Operations
Constructing a Wilderness Civilization
Creating a Congenial Indian Capital
Epilogue: Finding and “Fixing” St. Louis
“An absolutely essential book for historians of St. Louis, colonial
Louisiana, the Early Modern Atlantic World and American history.”
--Stephen Aron, UCLA
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Steven Fitzpatrick Smith
Tavern Keeper
The Royale Food & Spirits
3132 South Kingshighway
STL in the MO 63139