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Iberia Parish is one of the oldest settlements in the state of Louisiana, with a long and important history. Mrs. Bergerie has condensed this history into a readable and informative book. The author obtained, from the archives at Seville, Spain, copies of permits for the settlement of the Attakapas Country by Spanish immigrants, as well as copies of the correspondence between the Spanish officials, and particularly letters from Francisco Bouligny to Galvez.
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Time and Place in New Orleans proves that the city is indeed defined by its location. From the city’s problematic founding (the site was moved six times in twenty-three years) to its present reliance on century-old pumping stations, Richard Campanella explores the influence of New Orleans’ singular topography and geography on the city’s growth and development. Hardcover.
The history and traditions of Avoyelles Parish in a French language version. Paperback.
Drawing upon the lore of the true cracker, Vic Knight’s Florida points out everything you thought you knew about Florida. Sit back with the wit and wisdom of a tenth-generation native as he tells the real history of the Sunshine State that you didn’t learn in school. Covering five centuries of people and events, plus speculations on the next century as well, Vic Knight’s Florida spins the yarns that give Florida its unique character.
As Hurricane Katrina barreled towards New Orleans, Louisiana, hospitals across the city prepared for the coming storm. Staff members streamed in and began stockpiling food, water, medical supplies, and fuel. But what no one foresaw was that their emergency generators would flood and fail, leaving hospitals stranded in the rising water with no air conditioning or much of their equipment and unable to evacuate patients and staff by land. Throughout the devastating winds, rising waters, and August heat, nurses stuck by their patients. They improvised new emergency procedures and methods of record-keeping and patient transport, all without power or reliable information. These angels saved lives while their world fell apart around them.
“Interesting investigation and straightforward handling of sensational times and tricksters, of the cult of voodooism in all its manifestations.” Paperback.
When C. C. Robin first came to America in 1803, he wrote a three-volume description of his travels in the West Indies, Pensacola, and Louisiana. The author of this unusual book was a scientist and writer of note, but the story of his life is veiled in mystery. His remarkable memoir, originally published only in French, is now available for the first time to English readers. Paperback.
Originally published in 1936, Walking Tours of Old New Orleans is an invaluable guide for those who want to wander. Paperback.
Due to the brilliant designs of British general James Oglethorpe in the early 1700s, the Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in the country. With the help of this invaluable guide, saunter through Savannah’s history—filled streets and squares and tour the city’s oldest buildings and majestic homes, such as the Mercer House and the De Soto Hotel. Savor the histories and traditions of the relics of the romantic past and wander down the brick sidewalks under the city’s hundred-year-old oaks.
All that it means to be an Acadian is revealed in this pictorial documentary of a people whose roots thread across two continents and three countries. The exodus that brought the Acadians here more than two centuries ago began in western France and ended along the bayous and over the prairies of south Louisiana. Their influence still provides the state’s cultural heritage with a distinctive flavor that makes Louisiana stand out from the increasingly homogeneous national stage.
Originally published in celebration of the centennial of the United Slavonian Benevolent Association in 1974, Yugoslavs in Louisiana details the surge of immigration in the 1820s and 1830s, and the influences of the people in the years that followed. Written by a twentieth-century Yugoslav immigrant, this illustrated work documents the story of his Slovenian predecessors in Louisiana and their role in the development of the modern state.