The Indian Scout (Esprios Classics): A Story of the Aztec City - Gustave Aimard Book

Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 - 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America and the American frontier. Aimard was born Olivier Aimard in Paris. As he once said, he was the son of two people who were married, "but not to each other". His father, Franois Sbastiani de la Porta (1775-1851) was a general in Napoleons army and one of the ambassadors of the Louis Philippe government. Sbastiani was married to the Duchess de Coigny. In 1806 the couple produced a daughter: Alatrice-Rosalba Fanny. Shortly after her birth the mother died. Fanny was raised by her grandmother, the Duchess de Coigny. According to the New York Times of July 9, 1883, Aimards mother was Mme. de Faudoas, married to Anne Jean Marie Ren de Savary, Duke de Rovigo (1774-1833).