Through monuments and artwork, Ruth D. Nelson retells the story of the 17th-century French Jesuit missionary-explorer, Father Jacques Marquette, the celebrated surveyor of the Mississippi River. But his expedition down the Great River was only part of the Marquette legacy, which began on the southern shore of Lake Superior and ended on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Searching for Marquette follows his journey through todays cities and towns in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Arkansas to uncover French relics, Native-American royalty, and hearty settlers in a drama of faith, the fur trade and the future of Americas heartland.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Illustrations & photographs
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978-0-87462-097-9 (9780874620979)
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Ruth Nelson received her MA in Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. For her thesis research on the Marquette Building in Chicago, she received the Corning Musem of Glass Rakow Research Grant in 2005. Her main area of interest is American art.
