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(More customer reviews)As a long time follower of St. Louis history, I found this is an excellent and very in depth review of the founders of St. Louis. Fred Fausz talks about the motivation that led the founders (Laclede and Chouteau) from the mountains in France to the shores of the Mississippi River and what drove their thoughts and enabled their personal success, and the success of the early days of the entire City of St. Louis.
This book is extremely well researched and ties together many of the complex issues of the time (like Thomas Jefferson's policies towards the Native American Indians) that I have never seen discussed before.
Plus the book is an easy and entertaining read for anyone who wants to learn more about St. Louis, and the development of the early American Mississippi River Valley.
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The animal wealth of the western "wilderness" provided by talented "savages" encouraged French Americans from Illinois, Canada and Louisiana to found a cosmopolitan center of international commerce that was a model of multicultural harmony. Historian J. Frederick Fausz offers a fresh interpretation of St. Louis from 1764 to 1804, explaining how Pierre Laclède, the early Chouteaus, Saint Ange de Bellerive and the Osage Indians established a "gateway" to an enlightened, alternative frontier of peace and prosperity before Lewis and Clark were even born. Historians, genealogists and general readers will appreciate the well-researched perspectives in this engaging story about a novel French West long ignored in American history.
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