Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition

Often viewed in isolation, the Jolliet and Marquette expedition in fact took place against a sprawling backdrop that encompassed everything from ancient Native American cities to French colonial machinations. Mark Walczynski draws on a wealth of original research to place the explorers and their journey within seventeenth-century North America. His account takes readers among the region's diverse Native American peoples and into a vanished natural world of treacherous waterways and native flora and fauna. Walczynski also charts the little-known exploits of the French-Canadian officials, explorers, traders, soldiers, and missionaries who created the political and religious environment that formed Jolliet and Marquette and shaped European colonization of the heartland.

A multifaceted voyage into the past, Jolliet and Marquette expands and updates the oft-told story of a pivotal event in American history.

Author: Mark Walczynski
Publisher: 3 Fields Books
Published: 08/01/2023
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780252087356
ISBN10: 0252087356
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- History | United States | State & Local | Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO

About the Author
Mark Walczynski is a retired faculty member at Illinois Valley Community College and the Park Historian for the Starved Rock Foundation. He is the author of The History of Starved Rock.