{"product_id":"the-straits-of-detroit-volume-one-st-aubins-detroit-paperback","title":"The Straits of Detroit: Volume One - St. Aubin's Detroit - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles G. Bird\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdventure abounds in this fast-paced novel of 17th century French musketeers and soldiers, Antoine Cadillac and Jean St. Aubin, in Nouvelle France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant \u003cstrong\u003eAntoine Cadillac\u003c\/strong\u003e is determined to rise to a position of wealth and power in the French Empire of \u003cstrong\u003eLouis XIV\u003c\/strong\u003e. While on a recruiting mission in St. Aubin de Blaye, France he meets a young boy, \u003cstrong\u003eJean Cass?\u003c\/strong\u003e. Their futures entwine and the story culminates with the founding of Detroit. Cadillac utilizes his skills as a soldier, mariner, trader, and cartographer to rise to captain and found Detroit. Jean remains with Detroit to defend and support it to his death. He leaves a legacy of numerous descendants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story follows the career of Cadillac from sergeant-recruiter in 1680 to commandant of Fort Pontchartrain at D?troit in 1701. Jean's story begins as a recruit in the army of \u003cstrong\u003eKing Louis XIV\u003c\/strong\u003e. He and his comrades leave the civilized world of France to fight for His Majesty in the wilds of Nouvelle France, a real place that ceased to exist in 1760. Their lives frequently intersect and a friendship develops between them. They fight common enemies, the hostile Iroquois Indians, the hated English, and smugglers!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonth's after Captain Cadillac founds Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit, Jean Cass? St. Aubin, aka the Skull Breaker, has the honor and responsibility of escorting the first French women to travel the St. Lawrence seaway, and the Great Lakes waterways, to reach Detroit. The wives of Cadillac and his adjutant \u003cstrong\u003eAlphonse Tonti, \u003c\/strong\u003e are placed in his hands. He escorts those women, \u003cstrong\u003eMesdames Marie Th?r?se Guyon Cadillac\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eMarie Anne Pecot? de Belestre Tonti\u003c\/strong\u003e, and their children, through harrowing adventures to deliver them safely to Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 596\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750984679712,"sku":"9798218409197","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b614796948f91db1529b21a2eb7fca2e.webp?v=1779961987","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-straits-of-detroit-volume-one-st-aubins-detroit-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}