Stephen Girard

Stephen Girard
Author: James J. Raciti
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2016-04-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 161139385X

Why is Stephen Girard, a figure from late Colonial America, important today? As a teenager, he left home in Bordeaux, France with meager funds and went to sea as a merchant marine, following his family’s tradition. In early summer, 1776, he landed in Phil

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record
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Total Pages: 1002
Release: 1869
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A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.