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- catalog abstract ""The year was 1804. In the little French Creole village of St. Louis on the Mississippi River, where the brothers Auguste Pierre and Pierre (Cadet) Chouteau were the leading figures, there was great uncertainty about the future. Nevertheless, the Chouteaus and all of St. Louis welcomed Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as the two men prepared for their spring voyage up the Missouri River to explore the new lands and search for a route to the Pacific Ocean." "Before Lewis and Clark is the saga of the Chouteaus, the dynasty that guarded the gates to the West for three generations. From St. Louis, founded by the family four decades before the arrival of Lewis and Clark, the Chouteaus built fortunes as land speculators, financiers, Indian agents, and, above all, fur traders. The Chouteaus conquered the more-than-two-thousand-mile length of the Missouri River, put down the first European roots at the future site of Kansas City and in present-day Oklahoma, and left their names and imprints on lands stretching to the Canadian border."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13132252.
- catalog coverage "Missouri River Valley Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Missouri River Valley History.".
- catalog coverage "Saint Louis (Mo.) Biography.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""The year was 1804. In the little French Creole village of St. Louis on the Mississippi River, where the brothers Auguste Pierre and Pierre (Cadet) Chouteau were the leading figures, there was great uncertainty about the future. Nevertheless, the Chouteaus and all of St. Louis welcomed Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as the two men prepared for their spring voyage up the Missouri River to explore the new lands and search for a route to the Pacific Ocean." "Before Lewis and Clark is the saga of the Chouteaus, the dynasty that guarded the gates to the West for three generations. From St. Louis, founded by the family four decades before the arrival of Lewis and Clark, the Chouteaus built fortunes as land speculators, financiers, Indian agents, and, above all, fur traders. The Chouteaus conquered the more-than-two-thousand-mile length of the Missouri River, put down the first European roots at the future site of Kansas City and in present-day Oklahoma, and left their names and imprints on lands stretching to the Canadian border."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Among a people of strange speech -- The first generation: Pierre Laclède Liguest -- Haughty children of the middle waters -- The business of St. Louis -- Auguste and Pierre, greatly loved and greatly feared -- New rulers, new ways -- Intrigues and possibilities -- Enveloped in a cloud of miseries -- Dreaming big--and stumbling -- The third generation -- Auguste and Pierre: men of property -- Pierre Jr.: gentle Creole, driven tycoon -- A.P. Chouteau: star-crossed hero -- François and Bérénice: together to a new place -- Pierre Jr.: position, advantage, and perhaps vanity.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-483) and index.".
- catalog extent "509 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0374110050 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,".
- catalog spatial "Missouri River Valley Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Missouri River Valley History.".
- catalog spatial "Missouri River Valley.".
- catalog spatial "Missouri Saint Louis".
- catalog spatial "Saint Louis (Mo.) Biography.".
- catalog subject "977.8/6600441 22".
- catalog subject "Businessmen Missouri Saint Louis Biography.".
- catalog subject "Chouteau family.".
- catalog subject "F474.S253 A225 2004".
- catalog subject "French Americans Missouri Saint Louis Biography.".
- catalog subject "Frontier and pioneer life Missouri River Valley.".
- catalog subject "Pioneers Missouri Saint Louis Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Among a people of strange speech -- The first generation: Pierre Laclède Liguest -- Haughty children of the middle waters -- The business of St. Louis -- Auguste and Pierre, greatly loved and greatly feared -- New rulers, new ways -- Intrigues and possibilities -- Enveloped in a cloud of miseries -- Dreaming big--and stumbling -- The third generation -- Auguste and Pierre: men of property -- Pierre Jr.: gentle Creole, driven tycoon -- A.P. Chouteau: star-crossed hero -- François and Bérénice: together to a new place -- Pierre Jr.: position, advantage, and perhaps vanity.".
- catalog title "Before Lewis and Clark : the story of the Chouteaus, the French dynasty that ruled America's frontier / Shirley Christian.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".