Download or read book The Literature of the Louisiana Territory (Classic Reprint) written by Alexander Nicolas De Menil and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Literature of the Louisiana Territory A large number of histories of the Louisiana Territory have been published within the past year, and several new ones are announced as shortly forthcoming. But no one has written a history of the literature of the Territory and the states and territories that have been carved out. Of Jefferson's great and wise purchase. Indeed, I do not believe that in our numerous reviews, magazines, literary journals and daily news papers, a single article has appeared on the subject. This book, is, therefore, a pioneer study. I have blazed the trail through old bookshops and public and private libraries from Minnesota to Louisiana, hunted in many a virgin field hitherto unexplored, and used the newspaper reporter's art of interviewing. I therefore do not hesitate to assert that a large amount of the data and the facts contained in this work, is placed before the reading public for the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.