A Story Twice Told

 

• Epic Adventures with all the Ingredients for a Hollywood film adaptation.

• A synopsis from two different script writers. One is with the help of Grok xAI and the second is with the help of Gemini AI.

• Which One do You Like Best?

BOOK I: Pelts of Empire 

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2026/09/book-i-pelts-of-empire.html

BOOK II: Empires of the Wilderness: The Bloodline of New France

https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/2026/09/book-ii-empires-of-wilderness-bloodline.html

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Links to further reading about the characters in "A Story Twice Told"

The Godefroy Brothers: Into the Silent Forest (1629–1632)

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-godefroy-brothers-into-silent.html

Generation Z / Founders

Robert LeBer (c. 1601–aft. 1651) and Colette Cavelier (c. 1605–1694)

Jacques Le Ber (dit Larose / later de Saint-Paul de Senneville)

Uncle Jacques Le Ber dit Larose 1633-1706: New France Fur Trader

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/uncle-jacques-le-ber-dit-larose-1633.html

Jeanne Le Ber (1662–1714)

Fascinating Lebers from the Fur Trade Era of New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/12/fascinating-lebers-from-fur-trade-era.html

Generation 1

François Leber (Le Ber / Lebert) (c. 1626–1694)

Rapids and Resolve: François Leber's Frontier Legacy in New France

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/rapids-and-resolve-francois-lebers.html

Generation 2

Marie Le Ber (1666–1756)

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François Bourassa (c. 1659–1708)

François Bourassa: Conqueror of the Northern Waters

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/francois-bourassa-conqueror-of-northern.html

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René Bourassa dit La Ronde (1688–1778)

René Bourassa dit LaRonde: A Prominent Voyageur and Fur Trader

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/rene-bourassa-dit-laronde-prominent.html

Generation 3

Marie Élisabeth Bourassa (1695–1766)

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Jean dit Jacques Pinsonneault (Pinsonneau) dit Lafleur (c. 1682–1773)

Jacques Pinsonneault dit Lafleur’s marriage to Marie Élisabeth Bourassa

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/jacques-pinsonneault-dit-lafleurs.html

Generations 4–5

Joseph Pinsonneau (Pinsono / dit Lafleur) (1733–1799)

Joseph Pinsonneau dit Lafleur and His 1763 Voyage for Jacques Lasselle

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/joseph-pinsonneau-dit-lafleur-and-his.html

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Gabriel Pinsonneau (Pinsono / dit Lafleur) (1770–1807)

The 1797 Contract: Gabriel Pinsonneau dit Lafleur and his Detroit Run

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-1797-contract-gabriel-pinsonneau.html

La Prairie Genealogy:

A Tale of La Prairie: Threads of Fur and Family, 1675 -- with Family Trees

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-tale-of-la-prairie-threads-of-fur-and.html

A BRUSH WITH DESTINY: TEMPESTS AND TRIUMPHS OF OUR LA PRAIRIE VOYAGEUR KIN

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-brush-with-destiny-tempests-and.html

The Canoe:

Voyageurs and Coureurs des Bois: Pioneers of the North American Fur Trade

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2025/11/voyageurs-and-coureurs-des-bois.html

Building Birchbark Canoes an essay from Grok xAI

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/building-birchbark-canoes-essay-from.html

Jérémie Duquet: La Prairie Voyageur and Canoe Builder

https://laprairie-voyageur-canoes.blogspot.com/2026/05/jeremie-duquet-la-prairie-voyageur-and.html