The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747: A Sojourner in the French Atlantic by Sayre, Gordon M.
The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747: A Sojourner in the French Atlantic by Sayre, Gordon M.

The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747: A Sojourner in the French Atlantic

In 1719, Jean-Francois-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, son of a Paris lawyer, set sail for Louisiana with a...
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Author: Gordon M. Sayre
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The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747: A Sojourner in the French Atlantic by Sayre, Gordon M.

The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747: A Sojourner in the French Atlantic

$196.47
The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747: A Sojourner in the French Atlantic by Sayre, Gordon M.

The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747: A Sojourner in the French Atlantic

$196.47
Author: Gordon M. Sayre
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
In 1719, Jean-Francois-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, son of a Paris lawyer, set sail for Louisiana with a commission as a lieutenant after a year in Quebec. During his peregrinations over the next eighteen years, Dumont came to challenge corrupt officials, found himself in jail, eked out a living as a colonial subsistence farmer, survived life-threatening storms and epidemics, encountered pirates, witnessed the 1719 battle for Pensacola, described the 1729 Natchez Uprising, and gave account of the 1739-1740 French expedition against the Chickasaws.
Dumont's adventures, as recorded in his 1747 memoir conserved at the Newberry Library, underscore the complexity of the expanding French Atlantic world, offering a singular perspective on early colonialism in Louisiana. His life story also provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of the peoples and environment of the lower Mississippi valley. This English translation of the unabridged memoir features a new introduction, maps, and a biographical dictionary to enhance the text. Dumont emerges here as an important colonial voice and brings to vivid life the French Atlantic.



Author: Gordon M. Sayre
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North C
Published: 11/19/2012
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780807837221

About the Author
Gordon M. Sayre is professor of English and folklore at the University of Oregon and author of The Indian Chief as Tragic Hero: Native Resistance and the Literatures of America, from Moctezuma to Tecumseh.
Carla Zecher is director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library and author of Sounding Objects: Musical Instruments, Poetry, and Art in Renaissance France.
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