Discover grand plantation-era mansions, delicious Cajun cuisine, the mysterious bayou & the unequaled New Orleans Mardi Gras with this practical & cultural Ulysses guide.
SUGGESTED LOUISIANA LITERATURE Fiction The Best of LSU Fiction (2010), edited by Nolde Alexius and Judy Kahn John Ed Bradley, Restoration (2003), It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium (2008) James Lee Burke, Cadillac Jukebox (1996), ...
In this guide to the amazing social, cultural, and linguistic variation within Louisiana's French-speaking region, Carl A. Brasseaux presents an overview of the origins and evolution of all the Francophone communities.
""History of Reconstruction in Louisiana: Through 1868"" is a historical book written by John Rose Ficklen and published in 1911. The book provides a detailed account of the reconstruction period...
The authors bring nearly a century of combined experience to distilling research and telling this story in a way invaluable to Louisianans, to policymakers, and to all those concerned with rising sea levels and seeking a long-term solution.
All citations are from Hall, Databases for the Study of Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy. Benjamin Henry Latrobe recorded his observations of the Afro-Creole market women in his 1819 journal (Impressions Respecting New Orleans: ...
Who are the Creoles? The answer is not clear-cut.
After five long years of nearly dead commerce, poverty, turmoil and disaster, the Isleños accepted news of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House, but like everyone else, the Isleños hunted ...