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First
Lady of Detroit The Story of Marie-Thérèse Guyon, Mme Cadillac Karen Elizabeth Bush  |
First Lady of Detroit is the spirited tale of an adventurous girl who grew up to commission and equip her own expedition to le Detroit, joining her husband there in the fall of 1700 —less than a dozen weeks after Fort Pontchartrain was carved out of the Michigan wilderness. Born in 1671, Marie-Thérèse Guyon was educated in Quebec by Ursuline nuns. Although she was schooled to be a lady, her life was filled with excitement. She married the dashing and ambitious Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac just a month after they met. They would have thirteen children. Marie Thérèse took life in stride —whether it included fire, an escape into the forest, kidnapping by a Spanish privateer, or just the need to purchase supplies for her husband's troops. First Lady of Detroit is designed to appeal to older children, but readers of all ages are sure to find this a fascinating look at life in Nouvelle France. | "K.
E. Bush has turned a smattering of clues and hints taken from various correspondence
and official records of the time into a rare look inside the life of an extraordinarily
brave and tenacious woman. The
First Lady of Detroit has never been
in such good hands. Ms. Bush is a consummate story-teller who knows how to breathe
life into dusty archives. She weaves them with imagination and flair into a
fascinating and thrilling historical fiction. Mme Cadillac never seemed so alive." —Dominique Banoun, Canadian filmmaker and Cadillac historian |
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Great Lakes Books Series: 192 pages / 51/2 x 9 |
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