Kaskaskia : the lost capital of Illinois /

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Author / Creator:	MacDonald, David, 1943- author.
Imprint:	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2019.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Shawnee books
Subject:	Kaskaskia (Ill.) -- History. Illinois -- Kaskaskia. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12649417

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Other authors / contributors:	Waters, Raine, author.
ISBN:	9780809337323 0809337320 9780809337316 0809337312 0809337320
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"This book tells the history of Kaskaskia, Illinois, from its founding to its time as the territorial capital and then the first state capital, through its disasters--earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, and epidemics--and finally to its disappearance when the Mississippi River washed it away"--
Other form:	Print version: MacDonald, David, 1943- Kaskaskia 9780809337316

Table of Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1. History of Kaskaskia; 1. Dawn of Kaskaskia, 1673-1719; 2. French and Indian Kaskaskias, 1719-1765; 3. Kaskaskia and Indian Kaskaskia under British and Early American Rule, 1765-1790; 4. Mixed Fortunes, 1790-1820; 5. Kaskaskia in Decline, 1820-1881; 6. Destruction, 1881-circa 1913; Part 2. Domestic Architecture at Kaskaskia; 7. Introduction; 8. Franco-American Homes of Kaskaskia; 9. Midwestern Federal and Eclectic Houses and Their Owners; Part 3. Pseudo-Folklore
10. "The Curse of Kaskaskia"-Creative Fiction, Not HistoryAppendix A: Notes on Photographers and Sketch Artists; Appendix B: Lexicon; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors; Back Cover

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