France flirted with the New World for years, but it took several attempts to make French settlement stick. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, French settlers finally managed to take hold of a ...

Gus Lafarge confronts Mathilde, played by Marcia Gay Harden, in a scene from the series "Barkskins." (National Geographic/Peter H. Stranks) Oftentimes, one could find Elwood Reid sitting in a room ...