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Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011

1 online resource (x, 572 p.) : maps

ISBN 9780817385118 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0817317236 (cloth alk. paper)

ISBN 9780817317232 (cloth alk. paper)

Atlantic crossings

Based on the author’s thesis written in French in 2007, entitled: Renaitre en America

Includes bibliographical references and index

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)772459205