5 FRENCH PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS IN TEXAS

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. 1 THE WRECK OF SHIPS AND DREAMS A New Look at the Explorer La Salle 1
5. 2 EXPLORING THE TEXAS COAST Bellisle, Béranger, and La Harpe, 1719–1721 20
6. 3 AMBIVALENT SUCCESSES AND SUCCESSFUL FAILURES St. Denis, Aguayo, and Juan Rodríguez 35
7. 4 ATHANASE DE MÉZIÈRES AND THE FRENCH IN TEXAS, 1750 –1803 46
8. 5 FRENCH PIRATES AND PRIVATEERS IN TEXAS 60
9. 6 CHAMP D’ASILE, TEXAS 79
10. 7 HEROES, VILLAINS, MERCHANTS, AND PRIESTS The Alamo’s Frenchmen 98
11. 8 DIPLOMACY, COMMERCE, AND COLONIZATION Saligny and the Republic of Texas 107
12. 9 GROUNDS FOR EMIGRATION Alsace at the Time of Henri Castro 124
13. 10 HENRI CASTRO AND CASTROVILLE Alsatian History and Heritage 128
14. 11 FRENCH CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN TEXAS, 1840–1880 Propagation and Enterprise 142
15. 12 BIRTH, STOCK, AND WORK French Immigration in Texas 157
16. 13 FRENCH ARTISTS IN TEXAS 178
17. 14 EUGÉNIE LAVENDER, NÉE AUBANEL A Romantic on the Frontier 192
18. 15 BUILDING UTOPIA IN THE PROMISED LAND Icarians and Fourierists in Texas 197
19. 16 IS THERE FRENCH ARCHITECTURE IN TEXAS? 226
20. 17 THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE FRENCH IN TEXAS EDUCATION 240
21. 18 FRENCH TRAVELERS IN TEXAS Identity, Myth, and Meaning from Joutel to Butor 255
22. 19 “GRAND TEXAS” The Cajun Migration to Texas 273
23. 20 RAOUL JOSSET AND THE 1936 TEXAS CENTENNIAL 287
24. 21 GLOBAL CULTURE French Economic Presence in Texas, Summer 2001 293
25. Epilogue FRANÇOIS LAGARDE 309
26. Selected Bibliography 313
27. Contributors 321
28. Acknowledgments 323
29. Index 324