Castorland; "the land of beavers;" is a vast tract on the Black River between Lowville and Carthage in Lewis County; New York. Two hundred years ago; nobility and clergy retreating from the French Revolution founded settlements in this area. Drawing on the Castorland Journal; a day-to-day account kept by Simon Desjardins and Pierre Pharoux; Edith Pilcher presents a wealth of facts about this unique community and its failed struggle to establish an American haven for French exiles.
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