Old Kaskaskia

Old Kaskaskia was set in 1818 when Illinois was just becoming a state. The novel deals with fur trading and politics. Early in the century, on a summer evening, Jean Lozier stood on the bluff looking at Kaskaskia. He loved it with the homesick longing of one who is born for towns and condemned to the fields. Moses looking into the promised land had such visions and ideals as this old lad cherished. Jean was old in feeling, though not yet out of his teens.