Scarred by War

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 141845544X
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (184 download)

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Book Synopsis Scarred by War by : Christopher G. Peña

Download or read book Scarred by War written by Christopher G. Peña and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excluding the capture of New Orleans, the military affairs in southeast Louisiana during the American Civil War have long been viewed by scholars and historians has having no strategic importance during the war. As such, no such serious effort to chronicle the war in that portion of the state has been attempted, except Peas earlier book, Touched By War: Battles Fought in the Lafourche District (1998). That book covered the military affairs in southeast Louisiana that led to the five major battles fought in that region between fall 1862 and summer 1863. Beyond that point, little is chronicled, until now. In this thoroughly researched and authoritative book, Scarred By War: Civil War in Southeast Louisiana, Christopher Pea has revised and updated his earlier work and expanded the scope to include a study of the remaining two years of the war, a period filled with intense Confederate guerilla warfare. The literary result is a book that recounts the political, social, military, and economic aspects of the war as they played out in southeast Louisianas bayou country.

Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous

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Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807129753
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (297 download)

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Book Synopsis Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous by : Carl A. Brasseaux

Download or read book Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous written by Carl A. Brasseaux and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an extraordinary feat of research and intrepid historical navigation, Carl A. Brasseaux and Keith P. Fontenot serve as guides through the labyrinthian and often harrowing world of Louisiana bayou steamboat journeys of the mid to late nineteenth century. The bayou country's steamboat saga mirrors in microcosm the tale of America's most colorful -- and most highly romanticized -- transportation era. But Brasseaux and Fontenot brace readers with a boldly revisionist picture of the opulent Mississippi River floating palaces: stripped-down, utilitarian freight-haulers belching smoke from twin stacks, churning through shallow swamps and narrow tributary streams, and encountering such hazards as shoals, sawyers, stumps, highwater and dry-bed seasons, and the remains of vessels claimed by those treacheries. For decades, steamboats transported goods, passengers, and mail between New Orleans and south Louisiana's vibrant interior agricultural region, bearing testimony to the resourcefulness, ingenuity, and tenacity of crews in conquering the challenges posed by a forbidding environment. Brasseaux and Fontenot marshaled a monumental array of information, including sources long-buried in courthouses, private collections, and the records of the Army Corps of Engineers. They offer data on some five hundred steamboats, keelboats, and barges known to have operated in the bayou country. This book is the first major study of a fascinating slice of the steamboat industry, showcasing a trade critically important to New Orleans's prosperity but largely forgotten in southern historiography until now. Encompassing economic, social, transportation, and environmental history, it captures the period just before the iron horse emerged as America's undisputed master of inland conveyance.

Louisiana: A Guide to the State

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Publisher : US History Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1603540172
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Louisiana: A Guide to the State written by and published by US History Publishers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the Civil War

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Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807122211
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Book Synopsis Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the Civil War by : Charles P. Roland

Download or read book Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the Civil War written by Charles P. Roland and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1997-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by the esteemed historian Charles P. Roland draws from an abundance of primary sources to describe how the Civil War brought south Louisiana’s sugarcane industry to the brink of extinction, and disaster to the lives of civilians both black and white. A gifted raconteur, Roland sets the scene where the Louisiana cane country formed “a favored and colorful part of the Old South,” and then unfolds the series of events that changed it forever: secession, blockade, invasion, occupation, emancipation, and defeat. Though sugarcane survived, production did not match prewar levels for twenty-five years. Roland’s approach is both illustrative of an earlier era and remarkably seminal to current emancipation studies. He displays sympathy for plantation owners’ losses, but he considers as well the sufferings of women, slaves, and freedmen, yielding a rich study of the social, cultural, economic, and agricultural facets of Louisiana’s sugar plantations during the Civil War.

Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the American Civil War

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Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Book Synopsis Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the American Civil War by : Charles Pierce Roland

Download or read book Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the American Civil War written by Charles Pierce Roland and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1957 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by the esteemed historian Charles P. Roland draws from an abundance of primary sources to describe how the Civil War brought south Louisiana's sugarcane industry to the brink of extinction, and disaster to the lives of civilians both black and white. A gifted raconteur, Roland sets the scene where the Louisiana cane country formed "a favored and colorful part of the Old South," and then unfolds the series of events that changed it forever: secession, blockade, invasion, occupation, emancipation, and defeat. Though sugarcane survived, production did not match prewar levels for twenty-five years. Roland's approach is both illustrative of an earlier era and remarkably seminal to current emancipation studies. He displays sympathy for plantation owners' losses, but he considers as well the sufferings of women, slaves, and freedmen, yielding a rich study of the social, cultural, economic, and agricultural facets of Louisiana's sugar plantations during the Civil War

Lost Plantations of the South

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604734698
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Lost Plantations of the South by : Marc R. Matrana

Download or read book Lost Plantations of the South written by Marc R. Matrana and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South, Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other rare documents to tell the story of sixty of these vanquished estates and the people who once called them home. From plantations that were destroyed by natural disaster such as Alabama's Forks of Cypress, to those that were intentionally demolished such as Seven Oaks in Louisiana and Mount Brilliant in Kentucky, Matrana resurrects these lost mansions. Including plantations throughout the South as well as border states, Matrana carefully tracks the histories of each from the earliest days of construction to the often contentious struggles to preserve these irreplaceable historic treasures. Lost Plantations of the South explores the root causes of demise and provides understanding and insight on how lessons learned in these sad losses can help prevent future preservation crises. Capturing the voices of masters and mistresses alongside those of slaves, and featuring more than one hundred elegant archival illustrations, this book explores the powerful and complex histories of these cardinal homes across the South.

Paranormal Investigations

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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466961325
Total Pages : 227 pages
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Book Synopsis Paranormal Investigations by : Stanley Jolet

Download or read book Paranormal Investigations written by Stanley Jolet and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on a spiritual journey with the author, as he shows how one does not need expensive equipment to talk to the dead. He takes you to the heart of Acadiana in south central Louisiana where spirits at a bed and breakfast tell him that a young woman's suicide there was actually a murder. He brings you to the heart of New Orleans where a spirit committed suicide and tells Stanley how he died. Listen to slaves from the most haunted house in New Orleans, the Laulaurie House, tell of the torture and abuse they suffered at the hands of Madame Delphine Laulaurie. Go to Laurel Valley plantation, and hear spirits talk about a murder that took place in the old slave quarters. Listen to intelligent spirits speak to Stanley from the Mojave Desert to the ruins in the foothills of Delos, Greece. Hear intelligent responses from the spirits of the parents of Stanley and his wife, Barbara, as they answer questions that only they could know the answers when they were alive. You will know you're never alone, again, once you read these true, captivating stories.

Louisiana Voyages

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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1578068258
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis Louisiana Voyages by : Martha Reinhard Smallwood Field

Download or read book Louisiana Voyages written by Martha Reinhard Smallwood Field and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Toward the end of the 19th century, journalist Field traveled by boat and buggy around Louisiana, writing columns under the name of Catharine Cole for the New Orleans Daily Picayune. Her work spread to other papers, and she was read widely throughout the South. This collection details her journeys around the state in the 1890s. With evocative and adjective-filled prose, she describes the beauty as well as the practical aspects of Louisiana life, including shrimp drying, levee building, and the cost of land. Field conjures up vivid images of the places she visits, such as the town that "lifts its comb of roof and gray gable and soft-colored adobe chimneys from out the clumps and clouds of the chinaberry tree." The editors, both retired professors of English at Clemson University, add brief introductions to each piece. Although Field's travel adventures depict a time without modern convenience, when women were not expected to journey alone, her enjoyment of travel for its own sake resonates with readers today. Recommended for Louisiana libraries and for academic libraries with a Southern history collection.-Janet Clapp, Athens-Clarke Cty. Lib., Athens, GA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information." --Library Jour.

Freedom's Crescent

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108424090
Total Pages : 533 pages
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Download or read book Freedom's Crescent written by John C. Rodrigue and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of the Lower Mississippi Valley and its central role in abolishing slavery in the American South.

Statement of Sugar and Rice Crops, Made in Louisiana, in ...

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Total Pages : 288 pages
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Cajun Breakdown

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190451114
Total Pages : 336 pages
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Book Synopsis Cajun Breakdown by : Ryan Andre Brasseaux

Download or read book Cajun Breakdown written by Ryan Andre Brasseaux and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946, Harry Choates, a Cajun fiddle virtuoso, changed the course of American musical history when his recording of the so-called Cajun national anthem "Jole Blon" reached number four on the national Billboard charts. Cajun music became part of the American consciousness for the first time thanks to the unprecedented success of this issue, as the French tune crossed cultural, ethnic, racial, and socio-economic boundaries. Country music stars Moon Mullican, Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, and Hank Snow rushed into the studio to record their own interpretations of the waltz-followed years later by Waylon Jennings and Bruce Springsteen. The cross-cultural musical legacy of this plaintive waltz also paved the way for Hank Williams Sr.'s Cajun-influenced hit "Jamabalaya." Choates' "Jole Blon" represents the culmination of a centuries-old dialogue between the Cajun community and the rest of America. Joining into this dialogue is the most thoroughly researched and broadly conceived history of Cajun music yet published, Cajun Breakdown. Furthermore, the book examines the social and cultural roots of Cajun music's development through 1950 by raising broad questions about the ethnic experience in America and nature of indigenous American music. Since its inception, the Cajun community constantly refashioned influences from the American musical landscape despite the pressures of marginalization, denigration, and poverty. European and North American French songs, minstrel tunes, blues, jazz, hillbilly, Tin Pan Alley melodies, and western swing all became part of the Cajun musical equation. The idiom's synthetic nature suggests an extensive and intensive dialogue with popular culture, extinguishing the myth that Cajuns were an isolated folk group astray in the American South. Ryan André Brasseaux's work constitutes a bold and innovative exploration of a forgotten chapter in America's musical odyssey.

Marie Adrien Persac

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Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807126424
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Marie Adrien Persac written by H. Parrott Bacot and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Adrien Persac (1823-1873) was a French-born Louisiana artist who worked in a range of mediums to produce a unique view of the lower Mississippi Valley at midcentury. In the first catalogued exhibition devoted solely to this multifaceted but overlooked talent, paintings, drawings, maps, and photographs from numerous holdings have been brought together to present fresh insights and reevaluate this artist's place in the annals of American history and material culture. Due in part to his broad talents artist, cartographer, architect, civil engineer, photographer, and art teacher Persac's work is of major importance to Southern history researchers and art historians. His paintings of south Louisiana plantation houses have captured that now-varnished lifestyle in minute detail, approximating the exactitude of architectural drafting. Today this series is invaluable to scholars of the period, as is Persac's painting of a steamboat interior -- the only one known to exist -- and another French Opera House, which burned to the ground in 1919.

A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution Through the Civil War

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Total Pages : 122 pages
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Library of Southern Literature: Biographical dictionary of authors

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Total Pages : 526 pages
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Book Synopsis Library of Southern Literature: Biographical dictionary of authors by : Edwin Anderson Alderman

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Library of Southern Literature

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Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book Library of Southern Literature written by Edwin Anderson Alderman and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees

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Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781455609895
Total Pages : 572 pages
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Book Synopsis Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees by : Herman de Bachelle Seebold

Download or read book Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees written by Herman de Bachelle Seebold and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-31 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1941, Old Louisiana Plantation Homes and Family Trees is the definitive guide to the important plantation homes of the Pelican State, as well as the socially and historically prominent families who lived in them. Volume I of the two-volume, boxed set describes structures in several diverse sections of the state, from traditional, Spanish-moss-hung plantations in south Louisiana to the African-inspired structures on the rounds of Melrose Plantation in Natchitoches Parish. The first volume features many rare photographs of historically significant townhomes, plantations, and outbuildings--many no longer extant--and provides detailed genealogical and anecdotal information on a genteel society and lavish lifestyle that is now only a cherished memory. Some of the great houses discussed include D'Estrehan, Tezcuco, Seven Oaks, Parlange, Asphodel, Evergreen, and Rosedown. Volume II traces the history of several important families and features numerous portraits, coats of arms, and archival photographs. It also contains a wealth of genealogical and biographical information about many of the most prominent families in Louisiana history. Some of the family names included are La Frenier, De Livaudais, Forstall, Fortier, Schmidt, S�ghers, Milliken, Parlange, De Brierre, D'Herbigny, Butler, Pipes, Ellis, Percy, Plauch�, Barrow, Bringier, Kenner, Stauffer, Knox, Semmes, Walmsley, Ranlett, Smyth, Sully, De Marigny, De La Ronde, Almonaster, De Dreux, Villere, Beauregard, Matthews, Rathbone, De Buys, Hicky, Duggan, De Macarty, vonPhul, Cade, Du Brocca, Allain, D'Estrehan des Tours, De La Barr�, Koch, Muller, Bruce, Boehm, Seebold, De Bachell�, De Vilbiss, De Beaulieu de Marconnay, Konzelman, Parker, Pitkin, Levert, Ware, Prudhomme, Wilkinson, and Stewart.

CRESENT CITY ILLUSTRATED

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Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book CRESENT CITY ILLUSTRATED written by EDWIN L. JEWELL and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: