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Set in the mysterious French Quarter of New Orleans during the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Madame Delphine is filled with Creole allure. It tells the story of an old quadroon woman, whose life and home have spiraled downward from their prior state of grandeur. Paperback.
Mr. Roosevelt’s Steamboat is an authoritative account of a twenty-five-hundred-mile voyage that significantly contributed to the United States’ transportation revolution. The dynamic main characters share tender romance and great courage. Their incredible trip down the Mississippi assured the future of steam navigation and the progress of the great westward movement. Paperback.
Written with lightness and humor, this delightful story begins with a lazy Saturday morning. As Mrs. Candy goes about her business, she winds up speaking with her deceased husband, a social worker from the French Quarter, and two very large police officers. She also learns many new things about the unusual tenants of her New Orleans boarding house. By the time Sunday morning arrives, every person in the building has had his life changed in one way or another.
Many scholars believe that The Neutral French: The Exiles of Nova Scotia, published in 1841, inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to write his famous poem Evangeline, which was published six years later. Paperback.
The art of storytelling is one of mankind’s oldest methods of keeping records. In Ozark Tales and Superstitions, Phillip Steele has collected 26 stories in an attempt to preserve the rich lore indigenous to the Ozark region.
Based upon the family history of John Walworth and author Louise Wilbourn Collier, Pilgrimage: A Tale of Old Natchez is the bittersweet saga of the family’s struggle to survive the devastation of War and—even more difficult—the subsequent cultural and social changes that followed. Tracing the years from 1830 to 1930, this is a generational tale that relates not only the effect the Civil War had upon this family but also upon the historic town of Natchez and its surroundings.
In that [Creek] war there was one man more conspicuous than any other—more relentless, more daring . . . and at the same time more brilliant in attack and defence, abler in counsel, and having greater skill in the field than any of his fellow-chiefs—a man who fought Jackson, Claiborne, Flournoy, Floyd, and Coffee, whose troops, coming from different quarters of the country, surrounded him on every side and out-numbered him on every field. Paperback.
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The peculiarities and prejudices of small town life and people take center stage in this murder mystery. Public defender Elizabeth Chase finds out how complicated things can get in the seemingly simple setting of small-town Weenee, South Carolina. After attending funeral services for her grandfather, the city girl from Boston soon finds herself in over her head when she is compelled to participate in a murder trial involving a decapitation. The sleepy town is rife with secrets, making things even stranger for Elizabeth as the trial nears its close.
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Scotland’s folklore is rich and varied, with stories passed from generation to generation. Fairies, white ladies, tortured souls, poltergeists, malevolent phantoms, and hideous creatures. Scotland has them all. Paperback.
Wright assembles here a masterful commentary on failure and success, tranquility and turmoil, and punishment and absolution. Paperback.
From Gen. Andrew Jackson to Marie Laveau to Paul Tulane, colorful legends of the early Crescent City convey a fascinating landscape. Author Andre Cajun’s lively characters and locations etch an animated past relayed with artistic freedom. He imparts sensationalized circumstances that the modern reader will recognize as a typical style of today’s media.
George Washington Cable merges the poetry of South Louisiana and religion of the soul in this collection of short stories. Cable tests his characters’ spirits, highlighting their capability for tremendous strength. “The Solitary,” “The Taxidermist,” and “The Entomologist” all take place in southern Louisiana and include Creole and post-Civil War characters. In this collection, Cable exposes his own philosophy on life and morality. He reaches into the depths of the soul by examining the surface of the heart. These are stories with feeling told from a singularly Southern voice.
Set in the Vieux Carre, the French Quarter, during the final years of the nineteenth century, Tante Cydette tells a tale of Creole New Orleans. Published originally in 1888, it may rightly claim to be the first naturalist work published in the New World. The main character of this novella is Tante Cydette, an old maid who has a penchant for controlling the destinies of everyone around her. She lives through her niece, Ermence, for whom she schemes to win a husband. Paperback.
Based upon the author’s life, A Texas Cow Boy is truly a classic of the Old West. From his days as a young troublemaker to the capture of Billy “the Kid,” Chas. A. Siringo, with humor and honesty, brings to life the rough and exciting stories of the men and women who tamed the wild country. Paperback.
After reading the book at age 11, Ronald Reagan noted that this book provided a lasting impact on his life, shaping his own moral sense. He identified with the central character, Dick Falkner. Falkner’s childhood was one of poverty and abuse from an alcoholic father. Recognizing his life for what it was, he ran away from his home, but he could not run away from all of his problems. Sixteen years later he found himself hungry of body and empty of spirit in a small Midwestern town.