The story of the French in the Illinois country in the eighteenth century is an important and romantic chapter in the history of the United States. But so far, it hasn't been told. Alvord outlined the plot in his Illinois Country, and various volumes of the collections of the Illinois State Historical Library have documented certain special phases of it. This present study deals almost entirely with the social history of the six Illinois villages with particular attention being paid to the largest settlement.
Originally written for scholarly periodical in 1948. the book offers an account of life in the frontier town of Kaskaskia before the French lost their North American holdings east of the Mississippi.
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