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The First Chouteaus
River Barons of Early St. Louis
William E. Foley and C. David Rice
Paper978-0-252-06897-3
$21.95
| Pub Date: | 2000 |
| Pages: | 296 pages |
| Dimensions: | 7 x 10 in. |
| Illustrations: | 34 Photographs, 4 Line Drawings |
The true story of a fascinating pair of entrepenuerial brothers who built a huge trade empire along the Mississippi River, adapting themselves chameleon-like to any situation and turning every obstacle into an advantage.
For more than half a century, Auguste and Pierre Chouteau dominated trade and enterprise in the Mississippi Valley. In their various roles as merchants, Indian traders, bankers, land speculators, governmental advisors, public officials, and community leaders, the Chouteau brothers exerted a tremendous influence on westward expansion. This is the first full account of their lives and illustrious careers.
"Students of the West need wait no longer for a definitive work on the beginnings of the Chouteau empire. A superb treatment."--Donald Jackson, editor of Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Subjects:
History, Am.: Colonial / History, Am.: 19th C. / Biography & Personal Papers / Western Americana / Eighteenth-Century Studies / History, State & Local / Midwest Regional
