Prof Fausz to sign copies of new book Founding St. Louis: First City of the New West

Monday, June 20 · 6:00pm - 9:00pmHistory professor Fred Fausz of UM-St. Louis will be on hand to sign copies of his new book, Founding St. Louis: First City of the New West, and to chat with patrons of The Royale. Books will be on sale at the bar.The History Press, May 2011* $21.99 pb / 240 pages, 52 illustrationsFred Fausz offers a fresh interpretation of French St. Louis and the western Fur Trade from 1764 -1804, explaining how colonists from France, Canada, Illinois, and Louisiana created an alternative frontier of commercial prosperity and enlightened diplomacy as Osage Indian allies.Introduction: A French Heritage Lost and FoundPart I: Founding St. Louis: OriginsA Pioneer from the PyreneesThe Planners in New OrleansThe People and Prospects of IllinoisPart II: Fashioning St. Louis: OperationsConstructing a Wilderness CivilizationCreating a Congenial Indian CapitalEpilogue: Finding and “Fixing” St. Louis“An absolutely essential book for historians of St. Louis, colonialLouisiana, the Early Modern Atlantic World and American history.”--Stephen Aron, UCLA