Reborn in America : French exiles and refugees in the United States and the vine and olive adventure, 1815-1865 / / Eric Saugera ; translated by Madeleine Velguth.
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| Superior document: | Atlantic crossings |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Atlantic crossings.
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| Physical Description: | x, 572 p. :; maps. |
| Notes: | Based on the author's thesis written in French in 2007, entitled: Renaitre en America. |
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Table of Contents:
- Treason and terror
- A critical moment
- The "chief culprits"
- Political reaction in Gironde
- Across the Atlantic
- Maritime exodus
- A conflictual friendship
- Settling in America
- Alabama's exotic roots
- Grape harvests in America
- The new Thebaid
- A gift from Congress
- A family affair
- French lands in Alabama
- Routes to the South
- The promised land
- The French and the others
- A model colonist
- Choice of a world
- Rebirth in America
- Return to the homeland.