A Visionary Adventurer: Arsène Lacarrière Latour 1778-1837, the Unusual Travels of a Frenchman in the Americas collections named in honor of Longfellow’s

named in honor of Longfellow’s heroine

A writer and editor for more than 30 years at the New Orleans Times-Picayune

readers will find a series of three articles published in Nouveau Mercure

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extensive endnotes

A Visionary Adventurer: Arsène Lacarrière Latour 1778-1837, the Unusual Travels of a Frenchman in the Americas collections named in honor of Longfellow’sA Visionary Adventurer: Arsne Lacarrire Latour 1778 1837, the Unusual Travels of a Frenchman in the Americas by Jean Garrigoux, translated by Gordon S. Brown A nineteenth century Renaissance man[Latour] was an architect, a military engineer, a soldier, a historian, and an agent provocateur who represented the type of adventurer who flocked to Louisiana during the early nineteenth century. Gene Allen Smith, professor of history, Texas Christian