Originally stories for family members, The Allards series has been critically acclaimed and is now widely read. It promises to become for French-Canadian-Americans what Roots was for African-Americans. The fifth in this series of eight historical novels tracing the lives of the Allard family, The City in the Wilderness, follows the fifth generation in the New World. As before, the author brings these people and their history to life, showing history through their eyes. Jacques Allard and his son travel to the sea with Lewis and Clark returning to find Détroit in ruins after the fire of 1805. They witness the rebuilding of the city, the war of 1812 and the world-wide cholera epidemic. It is during this time that Détroit turns from a military outpost to a true city. Historical figures such as Lewis, Woodward, and Gabriel Richard are accurately displayed with the author's own touch of personalization. The book must not be missed by anyone interested in French-Canadian history and genealogy. Reach the author at wilmontkreis.com
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Acclaim for THE ALLARDS
by WILMONT KREIS
Dr. Bill Kreis reveals, in this exciting series of historical novels, his talent as an author who can combine narrative, genealogy, and history with much skill. Using his firm grasp of the history of Charlesbourg, Detroit and beyond, he weaves past and present with fact, probabilities and possibilities into a compelling tale that brings history to life.
Susan M. Colby in Michigan's Habitant Heritage
The author is an Allard descendant raised in St. Clair Shores and a researcher with a knack for breathing life into the past. The Allards Book One, The New World is the beginning of a series of fast-paced, down-to-earth historical novels based on documents that tell the story of ordinary pioneer life in early Quebec. These books bring alive the intimacies of the ancestral research many of us have recorded. The author, researching with the thoroughness of an anteater and skilled in French, begins in Normandy..."
Lorelei Maison Rockwell in Michigan's Habitant Heritage
An Orthopedic Surgeon and life-long resident of the Detroit River Region, Kreis has spent much of his life researching his mother's family and the history surrounding them. His books bring these interesting people to life in an accurate historical setting presented through their eyes.
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