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Gabriel De Clieu's Letter in L'Année Littéraire 1774 with English Translation
Gabriel De Clieu's Letter in L'Année Littéraire 1774 with English Translation

Read Gabriel De Clieu's polemic of his responsibility for the harvesting of coffee in the French American colonies translated into English.

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The Flaming Barrel of Pierre Duhaut
The Flaming Barrel of Pierre Duhaut

At the Bullock State Museum in Austin, Texas I contemplate the murder of La Salle by fellow settler Pierre DuHaut. Read more about the failure of France’s first attempt to colonize Louisiana.

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Remy LeBeau: A New Orleans Street Kid Who Made it Big in the Funny Pages
Remy LeBeau: A New Orleans Street Kid Who Made it Big in the Funny Pages

Gambit is one of the more popular members of the X-Men. Did you know he grew up in the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans? Abandoned at birth at Charity Hospital because he was a mutant, this entry tells the tale of a New Orleans kid growing up as a thief in a city that’s not so Big and definitely not that Easy.

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