Description: "CHAMPLAIN'S DREAM" SIGNED BY PULITZER AWARD WINNING AUTHOR DAVID HACKETT FISCHER. THIS RARE SIGNED 1ST EDITION/1ST PRINTING IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION WITH LIKE DUST JACKET. A BEAUTIFUL AND COLLECTABLE COPY. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Fischer, Pulitzer Prize–winner for Washington's Crossing, has produced the definitive biography of Samuel de Champlain (1567–1635): spy, explorer, courtier, soldier, sailor, ethnologist, mapmaker, and founder and governor of New France (today's Quebec), which he founded in 1608. This extraordinary and flawed individual was a man of war who dreamed of establishing a peaceful nation in the New World. Fischer once again displays a staggering and wide research, lightly worn, including no fewer than 16 fascinating appendixes covering everything from the Indian Nations in Champlain's World, 1603–35 to Champlain's preferred firearm. The bibliography is equally impressive, and the same should be said of Fischer's literary skills and approach. He does not have a thesis, or a theory, or an ideology, but instead answers questions (Who was this man? What did he do? Why should we care?) to weave together his epic story. With 2008 the 400th anniversary of the foundation of New France, the time is ripe for this outstanding work. AND THANKS
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Topic: History, Pre-Confederation Canadian History, Historical France Biographies, Canadian Historical Biographies
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Type: Biography
Subjects: Biographies & True Stories
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Signed, Rare
Format: Hardcover
Publication Year: 2008
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
