Champlain's dream

Creator: Fischer, David Hackett

Traces the story of Quebec's founder while explaining his influential perspectives about peaceful colonialism, in a profile that also evaluates his contributions as a soldier, mariner, and cultural diplomat.

OCLC #: 213839989
ISBN #:
- 9781416593324
- 1416593322
- 9781416593331
- 1416593330
- 9780307397669
- 0307397661
Call #: F1030.1.F54 2008
Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — F1030.1 .F54 2008
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Edition:
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Description: viii, 834 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
General Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
Contents:
- Introduction: In search of Champlain
- A leader in the making
- Explorer of Acadia
- Founder of Quebec
- Builder of New France
- Father of French Canada
- Conclusion: a leader's long reach
- Memories of Champlain: images and interpretations, 1608-2008
- Appendixes.
Awards:
- Finalist, Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 2009.
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