Title Adolphe Gouhenant [electronic resource] : French Revolutionary, Utopian Leader, and Texas Frontier Photographer / Paula Selzer and Emmanuel Pecontal.

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Denton : UNT Press, [2019] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)

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Description	1 online resource (xx, 430 pages :) illustrations, maps.
Series	Number 3 in the Texas Local Series
	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-415) and index.
Contents	The Early Years in France (1804-1848): A Temple for the Arts and Sciences -- The Birth of a Political Ideology -- A Conspiracy in Toulouse -- Caught in the Dragnet -- The Trial -- A Long Journey (1848): A Utopian Paradise in Texas -- Journey to Icaria -- Walking across Texas -- Letters and Accusations -- A Second Life in Texas (1848-1871): A Rebirth on the Frontier -- The Arts Saloon -- Two Frenchmen and a Funeral -- Family Reunions and More Socialists -- A Wanderer by Vocation -- A Painful Era -- A Wanderer Rests -- Epilogue.
Summary	"Book is a biography of Francois Ignace Gouhenant (1804-1871), who was a pro-labor activist in France, then emigrated to Texas to found a utopian colony, then became one of the founders of Dallas and a photographer of early sites in Dallas and North Texas. He changed his first name to Adolphe in his twenties"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Gouhenant, Adolphe.
	Gouhenant, Adolphe.
	Icarian movement -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.
	Icarian movement -- France -- History -- 19th century.
	Socialists -- United States -- Biography.
	Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
	Photographers -- United States -- Biography.
	Artists -- United States -- Biography.
	Dallas (Tex.) -- Biography.
	Dallas (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century.
	Dallas (Tex.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
	Artists.
	Icarian movement.
	Intellectual life.
	Photographers.
	Political activists.
	Socialists.
	France.
	Texas.
	Texas -- Dallas.
	United States.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	History.
Added Author	Pécontal, E. (Emmanuel), author.
	Project Muse.
Other Form:	Original 9781574417692 157441769X (DLC) 2019021440 (OCoLC)1100000645
ISBN	9781574417791
	1574417797
	9781574417692
	157441769X

Title Adolphe Gouhenant [electronic resource] : French Revolutionary, Utopian Leader, and Texas Frontier Photographer / Paula Selzer and Emmanuel Pecontal.

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