Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-483) and index.
Contents
Among a people of strange speech -- The first generation : Pierre Laclede Liguest -- Haughty children of the middle waters -- The business of St. Louis -- Auguste and Pierre, greatly loved and greatly feared -- New rulers, new ways -- Intrigues and possibilities -- Enveloped in a cloud of miseries -- Dreaming big--and stumbling -- The third generation -- Auguste and Pierre : men of property -- Pierre Jr. : gentle Creole, driven tycoon -- A. P. Chouteau : star-crossed hero -- Francois and Berenice : together to a new place -- Pierre Jr. : position, advantage, and perhaps vanity.
