Carl J. Ekberg

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: Carl J. Ekberg

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Born: 1938 in St Paul, Minnesota

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[edit] Illinois Connection

Carl Ekberg is a professor emeritus at Illinois State University.

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Carl J. Ekberg is a professor emeritus at Illinois State University and an expert on the French in colonial Illinois. He is the author of many books, including the award-winning Colonial Ste. Genevieve and French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times.

[edit] Published Works

• Early Modern Europe: A Book of Source Readings (with Herbert Harvey Rowen), 1973

• The Failure of Louis XIV's Dutch War, 1979

• A Cultural, Geographical, and Historical Study of the Pine Ford Lake Project Area, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and St, Francois Counties, Missouri (with Edward P. Jelks and Joan I. Unsicker), 1981

• LaSalle and his Legacy: Fenchmen and Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1982

• Colonial Ste. Genevieve, French Roots in the Illinois Country, Patrice Press, 1985

• An Account of Upper Louisiana, 1989

• Excavations at the Laurens Site: probable location of Ford De Chartres (with Edward B. Jelks and Terrance J. Martin), 1989

• The Legacy: A Survey of the Historical Architecture of the Town of Normal (with Ann Patton Malone and William D. Walters) 199

• French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times, University of Illinois Press, 1998

• Francois Valle and His World: Upper Louisiana Before Lewis and Clark, University of Missouri Press, 2002

• Louis Bolduc: His Family and His House (with Anton J. Pregaldin), 2002

• Code Noir: The Colonial Slave Laws of French Mid-America (with Grady Kilman and Pierre Lebeau), 2005

• Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country, University of Illinois Press, 2007

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

Colonial Ste. Genevieve: An Adventure on the Mississippi Frontier ISBN: 1880397145 Release Date: 1996-03 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times ISBN: 0252069242 Release Date: 2000-07-20 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

FRANCOIS VALLE AND HIS WORLD: UPPER LOUISIANA BEFORE LEWIS AND CLARK (MISSOURI BIOGRAPHY SERIES) ISBN: 0826214185 Release Date: 2002-11-15 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country ISBN: 025203208X Release Date: 2007-10-08 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

• French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times is the winner of the Kemper and Leila Williams Book Prize for best book on Louisiana history for 1998.
• ”Colonial Ste. Genevieve: An Adventure on the Mississippi Frontier" won the Illinois State Historical Society’s Award for Superior Achievement in Scholarship, the Gilbert Chinard Prize and the Best Book Award of the French Colonial Historical Society.

[edit] Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: (Yes)

[edit] External Links

Carl J. Ekberg on WorldCat

Carl J. Ekberg on Amazon

[edit] Editing

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