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Tags: History, Lang:en
Summary
Put yourself in their shoes. In 1720 France was just coming
out of a long war that had left the nation on the edge of
bankruptcy. People were starving to death and plagues were
sweeping the country. The rich were getting richer and the poor
were getting poorer. Pierre & Marie Mayeux were newlyweds who left behind
everything in order to build a new life in French Louisiana.
Little did they know the difficult and terrifying path that lay
before them. 1729 is their story, and the story of hundreds like them who
came to a new world with new hope, only to have it dashed and
broken time after time. This is the tale of their journey
across the Atlantic, enduring a year in plague-ridden Biloxi,
making their way 600 miles up the Mississippi River, surviving
one of the worst massacres in American history, living in the
newly founded swamp village of New Orleans, and finally raising
a family in South Louisiana. Today there are a million living descendants of Pierre and
Marie Mayeux. But there almost were none. ** Kenneth Myers is an Anglican clergyman, author of more than
ten books, public speaker, and an avid student of French
Louisiana history. He lives in Denison, Texas.About the Author