France in America, 1497-1763

xxi, 320 pp. CONTENTS: Editor's Introduction; Author's Preface; The Planting of New France; The Acadian Frontier; The St. Lawrence Valley; Discovery of the Mississippi; Louisiana and the Illinois; Rivalry with England; King George's War; The People of New France; Basis of the Final Struggle; Outbreak of War; A Year of Disaster; Guarding the Western Frontier; A Year of Humiliation; The Turning of the Scale; The Fall of Quebec; Conquest Approaching; The Treaty of Paris; Louisiana Under Spain; Critical Essay on Authorities. Includes maps.