A visionary adventurer : Arsène Lacarrière Latour, 1778-1837 : the unusual travels of a Frenchman in the Americas / by Jean Garrigoux ; translated by Gordon S. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrigoux, Jean, author.

Standardized Title:

Aventurier visionnaire. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Latour, Arsène Lacarrière, 1778-1837.

Latour, Arsène Lacarrière.

Latour, Arsène Lacarrière, 1778-1837--Travel--America.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States.

United States. Army.

History.

Filibusters.

Military engineers.

French.

Travel.

Louisiana.

America.

French--United States--Biography.

Architects--United States--Biography.

Architects.

Military engineers--Louisiana--Biography.

Filibusters--United States--Biography.

United States--History--War of 1812--Participation, French.

New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815.

Cantal (France)--Biography.

Cantal (France).

Military participation--French.

France--Cantal.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lafayette, LA : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, [2017]

Contents:

The son of the lieutenant general

A young man during the Revolution

Service in Saint Domingue

An architect in the United States

From secret agent to chief engineer

The New Orleans Campaign

From history to intelligence work

Agent of the Corsairs and counselor to his Catholic Majesty

Don Arsenio seduced by Havana

The businessman

The bridges of despair

Sem tornats.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.

ISBN:

9781935754930

1935754939

OCLC:

959965347