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Jolliet and Marquette

A New History of the 1673 Expedition

By: Mark Walczynski

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Jolliet and Marquette

A New History of the 1673 Expedition

By: Mark Walczynski

Often viewed in isolation, the Jolliet and Marquette expedition in fact took place against a sprawling backdrop that encompassed everything from ancient Native American cities to French colonial machinations. Mark Walczynski draws on a wealth of original research to place the explorers and their journey within seventeenth-century North America. His account takes readers among the region’s diverse Native American peoples and into a vanished natural world of treacherous waterways and native flora and fauna. Walczynski also charts the little-known exploits of the French-Canadian officials, explorers, traders, soldiers, and missionaries who created the political and religious environment that formed Jolliet and Marquette and shaped European colonization of the heartland. A multifaceted voyage into the past, Jolliet and Marquette expands and updates the oft-told story of a pivotal event in American history.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252054725

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9780252054723

Massacre 1769

The Search for the Origin of the Legend of Starved Rock

By: Mark Walczynski

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Massacre 1769

The Search for the Origin of the Legend of Starved Rock

By: Mark Walczynski

According to the Legend of Starved Rock, the last of the Illinois Indian tribe fled to the summit of the bluff where they were surrounded by the Potawatomi and Ottawa Indians. Unable to obtain food or water, Illinois men, women and children, were destroyed by starvation. Was this account a horrific historical event, or nothing more than fanciful fiction, based on fragments of many events, popularized by the creative pens of imaginative nineteenth-century writers? Massacre 1769: The Search for the Origin of the Legend of Starved Rock reviews the earliest and most influential accounts of the well-known legend, traces the history and culture of the Illinois Indian tribe from its earliest contact with Europeans, and closely examines the event of 1769, the murder of Ottawa war chief, Pontiac, at the hand of an Illinois warrior, the incident that, according to the legend, precipitated the destruction of the Illinois tribe at Starved Rock. With careful examination of archaeological excavations and surveys, at or around Starved Rock, and extensive study of the well-documented historical record, Massacre 1769, at last, brings clarity to this event, proving again, that history is even more enthralling than fiction. For both scholar and history enthusiast alike.

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Center for French Colonial Studies, Incorporated

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0615834671

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9780615834672

Jolliet and Marquette

A New History of the 1673 Expedition

By: Mark Walczynski

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A New History of the 1673 Expedition

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Inquietus

La Salle in the Illinois Country

By: Mark Walczynski

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Inquietus

La Salle in the Illinois Country

By: Mark Walczynski

Inquietus takes a fresh look at the achievements-and setbacks of René-Robert Cavelier, a seventeenth-century French adventurer, later known simply as La Salle, in the Illinois Country. This work reassesses assumptions about the explorer that have been repeated and used as source over the last 150 years. It brings to light and identifies significant places in the upper Illinois Valley that are associated with La Salle and his enterprise, and it takes a critical look at previous assumptions based on ambiguous or misleading information found in seventeenth-century maps, reports, and correspondences. Inquietus also incorporates subjects such as Ice Age geology, geography, and climatology to help the reader to better understand the environment and conditions of seventeenth-century Illinois, it explores linguistic problems associated with La Salle's ability to communicate with Native American groups, and it examines rivalries between the explorer and the Jesuits, and between La Salle and other French explorers. Lastly, Inquietus reviews La Salle's Illinois Country legacy; how his observations about the Illinois Valley waterways, landscape, and natural resources have been mined, harvested, or otherwise manipulated by the government, private companies, and individuals. This is an eye-opening and much-needed reexamination of La Salle in today's Illinois.

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126

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William L. Potter Publication

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1734035404

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9781734035407

Starved Rock State Park

The First 100 Years

By: Mark Walczynski

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Starved Rock State Park

The First 100 Years

By: Mark Walczynski

Starved Rock State Park, located in north central Illinois, celebrates its 100th birthday as a state site in 2011. Now one of Illinois most popular public parks, Starved Rock is a wonderful place to see Illinois at its very best. Starved Rock State Park the First 100 Years, takes a look at the site from the early days, when visitors wore straw hats and suspenders and arrived via ferry boat, until today. This book also takes a behind the scenes look at the famous site through the eyes of visitors, state officials, park employees, and local residents.

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143277610X

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Before the Curtain / Avant Le Rideau

By: Mark

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Before the Curtain / Avant Le Rideau

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In Montréal, 10th July 2009, mark (a collective of five artists who live in Berlin, Bremen, and Vienna, known for conducting investigations into banal, seemingly common, everyday events) went to a photo studio to take a photograph of themselves by recording the photographer's directions. They then transcribed the recording and rearranged it into a poem. The same text is also the subject matter of this book.

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Jolliet and Marquette

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Massacre 1769

Massacre 1769

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Inquietus

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Starved Rock State Park

Starved Rock State Park

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