Madeleine: Last French Casquette Bride in New Orleans Robert S. Hallett $250 more than a similar

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95 US Binding: Paperback: 192 pagesPub Date: January 14

Madeleine: Last French Casquette Bride in New Orleans Robert S. Hallett $250 more than a similarIn 1728, beautiful, resourceful Madeleine Boucher is one of the last group of poor young girls given modest dowries in trunks, or casquettes, by the French government then shipped off to America, where they are intended as wives for the French settlers in the Louisiana Territory. Despite a series of romantic travails, Madeleine remains fiercely dedicated to finding true passion and securing the promise of her new adopted land, free from the prejudices