Carl J Ekberg: 1 book
A French Aristocrat in the American West
The Shattered Dreams of De Lassus De Luzières
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2010
In 1790, Pierre-Charles de Lassus de Luzières gathered his wife and children and fled Revolutionary France. His trek to America was prompted by his “purchase” of two thousand acres situated on the bank of the Ohio River from the Scioto Land Company—the institution that infamously swindled French...
