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 * Born in France 1735
 * Lived with relatives in England in 1754 and learned English
 * Lieutenant of the French Colonial Militia during the French and Indian War[[image:0140390065.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg width="148" height="239" align="right"]]
 * Injured during the war and forced to leave
 * Moves to New York and changes name becoming a new person - never discussing military again
 * Naturalized in New York as J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
 * Bought farm in Orange County (in New York) and became a prosperous farmer
 * During the American Revolution, the Britished imprisioned him as an American spy
 * 1782 – //Letters from an American Farmer//
 * First to describe life on American frontier to Europeans and explain the American Dream.
 * Came back to America after Treaty of Paris in 1783 to find his wife dead and farm destroyed.
 * 1801 – //Voyage dans la Haute-Pensylvanie et dans l’état de New-York//
 * Three volumes that were not widely circulated
 * Not translated to English until 1964
 * //More Letters from the American Farmer// published posthumously
 * Trapped in the French Revolution during a visit to French
 * Went into hiding because of his aristocrat status
 * Tried to get back to the US but couldn’t so he settled in France and died there on November 12, 1813

[|A more indepth look at the life of J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur.]

Print from Crevecoeur's //Voyage dans la Haute-Pensylvanie et dans l’état de New-York//