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xii, 283 pages : illustration ; 22 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Contents |
Flight -- France -- The Château, the Town, and the Forest -- The House -- François I, Henri II -- The Emperor's Office -- Moving In -- School -- Henri IV -- Déstructuré -- Annick -- Dictée -- Fencing -- Cars and Planes -- Being Catholic -- "Dad Gum It!" -- Marie Antoinette -- A Room of Her Own -- Le Jardin du Luxembourg -- Paris -- Winter -- "In Between" -- Camping -- Painting -- Napoleon I -- The Staircase of Farewells -- Spain -- Guignol -- Napoleon III -- A Ship Weathers the Storm -- Folies d'adolescence -- Souvenirs -- A Crime of Passion -- Return -- Leaving -- The Most Beautiful Room in France. |
| Summary |
The author chronicles his childhood as an American in post-war France, from the parks and museums of Paris to the rigors of French schooling to the vast Chateau of Fontainebleau and its village, built, piece by piece, over many centuries. |
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Carhart, Thaddeus -- Childhood and youth.
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Americans -- France -- Fontainebleau -- Biography.
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Boys -- France -- Fontainebleau -- Biography.
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Fontainebleau (France) -- Biography.
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Fontainebleau (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Biography.
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Château de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France).
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Fontainebleau (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Biography.
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Carhart, Thaddeus -- Travel -- France.
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France -- Description and travel -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0525428801 (hardcover) : $27.00 |
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9780525428800 (hardcover) |
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