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Item Number
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6145 |
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Title
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John Law Wasn'T So Wrong The Story of Louisiana's Horn Of Plenty |
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Author
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Carter, Hodding |
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Condition
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VG+/NONE |
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Publisher
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Esso Standard Oil Co. |
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Place Published
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Baton Rouge, La |
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Date Published
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1952 |
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Edition
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Binding
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Softcover |
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Notes
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Large paperback, illustrated with a lot of black and white photographs. There is a very small amount of wear to the corners and spine edges; spine is slightly sunned. John Law was a brilliant Scotsman who controlled the French treasury for Louis XV, Law has been called the first modern speculator. His colonial enterprise did nothing to enrich his followers, but was a great boost to the colonization of Louisiana. ; B&W Photographs; 9" x 6 1/2"; 105 pages |
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Keyword(s)
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Hodding Carter,Non-fiction,History,Louisana,John Law,Louisana History |
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Category(ies)
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Biographies Politics Government War,History Travel Exploration Places,Native Americans Americana Ethnic |
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Price
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$12.50 |
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