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1) The journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle: as related by his faithful lieutenant, Henri de Tonty; his missionary colleagues, Fathers Zenobius Membre, Louis Hennepin and Anastasius Douay ; his early biographer, Father...

Author

Cox, Isaac Joslin

Series

Lettered on cover American explorers

Publisher

Allerton book co

Pub. Date

1922.

Physical Desc

2 volumes : frontispiece (volumes 1: portraits), map ; 19 cm.

Language

English

2) La Salle: the life and times of an explorer

Author

Terrell, John Upton

Publisher

Weybright and Talley

Pub. Date

[1968]

Physical Desc

282 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

3) The fatal river: the life and death of La Salle

Author

Gaither, Frances

Publisher

H. Holt and company

Pub. Date

[1931]

Physical Desc

6 pages leaves, 3-303 pages : maps ; 21 cm

Language

English

4) The power and the glory: a romance of the great La Salle

Author

Parker, Gilbert

Publisher

Harper & Brothers

Pub. Date

1925.

Physical Desc

ix pages, 2 ., 339 pages : color frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 20 cm

Language

English

5) Sketches of early Buffalo and the Niagara region

Author

Becker, Sophie C

Series

Genealogy and local history volume LH2946

Publisher

McLaughlin Press

Pub. Date

1904.

Physical Desc

168 pages, 1 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portraits

Language

English

6) La Salle and the discovery of the great West: France and England in North America, part third

Author

Parkman, Francis

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

1918.

Edition

Eleventh edition.

Physical Desc

xxv, 483 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : maps ; 20 cm

Language

English

7) From a watery grave: the discovery and excavation of La Salle's shipwreck, La Belle

Author

Bruseth, James E

Publisher

Texas A&M University Press

Pub. Date

[2005]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

xii, 159 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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An account of the discovery and excavation of the French ship La Belle, shipwrecked in 1686 in Matagorda Bay, Texas.

8) River of forgotten days: a journey down the Mississippi in search of La Salle

Author

Spurr, Daniel

Publisher

Henry Holt

Pub. Date

1998.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

272 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Language

English

9) La Salle and the discovery of the great West

Author

Parkman, Francis

Series

His Works v. 3. France and England in North America volume 3
Modern Library exploration

Language

English

10) La Salle: a perilous odyssey from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico

Author

Johnson, Donald S

Publisher

Cooper Square Press

Pub. Date

2002.

Edition

First Cooper Square Press edition.

Physical Desc

xxvii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Language

English

11) La Salle: explorer of the North American frontier

Author

Muhlstein, Anka

Publisher

Arcade Publishing

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

x, 244 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Language

English

12) A journey with Sieur de La Salle

Author

Owens, L. L

Series

Primary source explorers

Publisher

Lerner Publications

Pub. Date

[2018]

Physical Desc

40 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

13) The last voyageurs: retracing La Salle's journey across America : sixteen teenagers on the adventure of a lifetime

Author

Boissoneault, Lorraine

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Pub. Date

2016.

Edition

First Pegasus Books edition.

Physical Desc

xii, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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In 1976, America's bicentennial, 24 young men set out to re-create French explorer La Salle's voyage down the entire length of the Mississippi River, abandoning their modern identities in order to live like the voyageurs of the 1600s.

14) La Salle: French explorer of the Mississippi

Author

Aretha, David

Series

Great explorers of the world

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

2009.

Physical Desc

112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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"Explores the life of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, from his childhood to his travels to his death, his discoveries and accomplishments, and his impact on world history"--Provided by publisher.

15) La Salle and the exploration of the Mississippi

Author

Harmon, Daniel E

Series

Explorers of new worlds

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

2001.

Physical Desc

63 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.

Language

English

16) Sieur de La Salle: new world adventurer

Author

Zronik, John Paul

Series

In the footsteps of explorers

Publisher

Crabtree Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[2006]

Physical Desc

32 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.

Language

English

17) Sieur de la Salle

Author

Nardo, Don

Series

Watts library

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[2001]

Physical Desc

63 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the first European to travel down the length of the Mississippi River, claiming it and the land around it for his native country of France.

18) La Salle: down the Mississippi

Author

Faber, Harold

Series

Great explorations

Publisher

Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish

Pub. Date

[2002]

Physical Desc

80 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the man who explored the St. Lawrence, Ohio, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers, and who claimed America's heartland for King Louis XIV and France.

19) The wreck of the Belle, the ruin of La Salle

Author

Weddle, Robert S

Series

Centennial series of the Association of Former Students Texas A&M University volume no. 88

Publisher

Texas A&M University Press

Pub. Date

[2001]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

xvii, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

20) Despite all obstacles: La Salle and the conquest of the Mississippi

Author

Goodman, Joan E

Series

Great explorers books

Publisher

Mikaya Press

Pub. Date

[2001]

Physical Desc

47 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the man who explored the St. Lawrence, Ohio, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers, and who claimed America's heartland for King Louis XIV and France.

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1) The journeys of Rene Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle: as related by his faithful lieutenant, Henri de Tonty; his missionary colleagues, Fathers Zenobius Membre, Louis Hennepin and Anastasius Douay ; his early biographer, Father...

2) La Salle: the life and times of an explorer

3) The fatal river: the life and death of La Salle

4) The power and the glory: a romance of the great La Salle

5) Sketches of early Buffalo and the Niagara region

6) La Salle and the discovery of the great West: France and England in North America, part third

7) From a watery grave: the discovery and excavation of La Salle's shipwreck, La Belle

8) River of forgotten days: a journey down the Mississippi in search of La Salle

9) La Salle and the discovery of the great West

10) La Salle: a perilous odyssey from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico

11) La Salle: explorer of the North American frontier

12) A journey with Sieur de La Salle

13) The last voyageurs: retracing La Salle's journey across America : sixteen teenagers on the adventure of a lifetime

14) La Salle: French explorer of the Mississippi

15) La Salle and the exploration of the Mississippi

16) Sieur de La Salle: new world adventurer

17) Sieur de la Salle

18) La Salle: down the Mississippi

19) The wreck of the Belle, the ruin of La Salle

20) Despite all obstacles: La Salle and the conquest of the Mississippi

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