Book description
Winner of the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain—soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New France.
Born on France's Atlantic coast, Champlain grew to…
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1 author picked Champlain's Dream as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a gorgeously written biography and a sweeping description of the landscape of the upper latitudes of North America at the time of European occupation.
For me, the French navigator, Samuel de Champlain, stands out for his respectful relations with Indigenous and First Nations peoples, even as his mapping and exploring paved the way for their dispossession and displacement.
I was drawn to the vivid rendering of the region at the turn of the seventeenth century, and I learned a lot about the French history of Quebec that makes Canada what it is today.
From Reece's list on understanding the US-Canada border.
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