Screen LibraryThe last voyageurs : retracing La Salle's journey across America : sixteen teenagers on the adventure of a lifetime /
In 1976, America's bicentennial, 24 young men set out to re-create French explorer La Salle's voyage down the entire length of the Mississippi River, abandoning their modern identities in order to live like the voyageurs of the 1600s.
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Pegasus Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Pegasus books edition. |
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| Summary: |
In 1976, America's bicentennial, 24 young men set out to re-create French explorer La Salle's voyage down the entire length of the Mississippi River, abandoning their modern identities in order to live like the voyageurs of the 1600s. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
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9781681774138 (paperback) : 1681774135 (paperback) 9781605989761 1605989762 |
| Index Number: | F1030 |
| CLC: | K971.29 |
| Call Number: | K971.29/B684 |
| Contents: | Make no little plans -- Reconstructing the past -- The life of a voyageur -- The bonds of brotherhood -- Stuck between two worlds -- No trails but the waterways themselves -- Trapped at death's door -- "The beginning of our hardships" -- The most dangerous product the intellect has concocted -- Parallel voyages -- The green buoy. |