Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio /

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"A critical translation of an account of a failed colonial project by opponents of the French Revolution, led by the aristocrat Claude-François-Adrien de Lezay-Marnesia, in present-day Ohio"--Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lezay-Marnezia, Claude-François-Adrien, marquis de, 1735-1800 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Singerman, Alan J. (Traductor), Hoffmann, Benjamin, 1985- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lezay-Marnezia, Claude-François-Adrien, > marquis de, > 1735-1800.
Scioto Land Company.
Français > Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Travel.
French.
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
French > Ohio River Valley > History > 18th century.
Ohio, Vallee de l' > Descriptions et voyages.
Ohio River Valley.
Ohio River Valley > Description and travel.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"A critical translation of an account of a failed colonial project by opponents of the French Revolution, led by the aristocrat Claude-François-Adrien de Lezay-Marnesia, in present-day Ohio"--Provided by publisher.
First published in French in 1792, Letters Written from the Banks of the Ohio tells the fascinating story of French aristocrat Claude-François de Lezay-Marnesia and the utopia he attempted to create in what is now Ohio. Looking to build a perfect society based on what France might have become without the Revolution, Lezay-Marnesia bought more than twenty thousand acres of land along the banks of the Ohio River from the Scioto Company, which promised French aristocrats a fertile, conflict-free refuge. But hostilities between the U.S. Army and the Native American tribes who still lived on the land prevented the marquis from taking possession. Ruined and on the verge of madness, Lezay-Marnesia returned to France just as the Revolution was taking a more radical turn. He barely escaped the guillotine before dying a few years later in poverty and desperation. This edition of the Letters, introduced and edited by Benjamin Hoffmann and superbly translated by Alan J. Singerman, presents the work for the first time since the beginning of the nineteenth century--and the first time ever in English. The volume features a rich collection of supplementary documents, including texts by Lezay-Marnesia's son, Albert de Lezay-Marnesia, and the American novelist Hugh Henry Brackenridge. This fresh perspective on the young United States as it was represented in French literature casts new light on a captivating and tumultuous period in the history of two nations.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9780271077895

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