Shannon Dawdy Invaders In Building The Devil's Empire

Shannon Dawdy succeeds in Building the Devil’s Empire to establish her idea that Louisiana was a “rogue colony.” She established her idea by displaying detailed descriptions of the history, the people and the surrounding environment. In the first chapter, she expressed that she wanted to bring French colonial Louisiana “alive in her imagery.” In my opinion, Dawdy did this in her own way. Not only did she use her own thought about rogue colonialism, but also used historical figures words and thoughts. She allowed the reader to have other point of views to compare to her so they could see the differences as time went on. She described the historical figures by pointing out that “they brought their books…[and]…built laboratories and observatories.”