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Hector St. John De Crèvecoeur
Born January 31, 1735
Caen, France
Died November 12, 1813
Sarcelles, France
Map maker, surveyor, farmer, writer, soldier, government official
!["[In America] individuals of all races are melted into a new race of man, whose labors and [descendants] will one day cause great changes in the world." Portrait: Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation.](http://static.bookragscdn.com/images/bookrags/arrl/arrl_01_img0035.jpg)
"[In America] individuals of all races are melted into a new race of man, whose labors and [descendants] will one day cause great changes in the world."Portrait: Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation.
Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, a Frenchman known in America as Hector St. John, experienced both the American Revolution (1775–83) and the French Revolution (1789–99). He traveled throughout America and Europe as a soldier, writer, and government official. His books describing life in...
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