Paris is the author's hometown, but he confesses to being addicted to travel. He spent a few months in New Orleans intending to learn enough about the city to create a graphic novel based there. This
Inspired by an earlier volume published in New Brunswick dealing with the history of the Acadian community there, this work shares the same history as the Acadians of the Canadian maritimes up to the
The Land Baron's Sun chronicles through poetry the life of Ly Loc, the son of an affluent Vietnamese landowner who was thought to own the sun by his children, wives, servants, and tenant farmers becau
The text is a compilation of home remedies used by the African American community in Michigan in the late 1970’s, gleaned as a result of two studies done at that time. The text begins by introducing t
In this well-researched volume, historian Dr. Laura D. Kelley tells the colorful, entertaining, and often adventurous history of the Irish in New Orleans. From “Bloody” O'Reily in the eighteenth centu
Marie’s Grandmother Viola always told her stories. Her favorite was of a strange old woman named Madame Grand Doigt (Ma-dahm Grahn Dwah). Legend is, she drifted in the attics of families with children
Louisiana’s sixth largest city, Kenner, is often looked upon simply as a suburb of New Orleans and home to Louis Armstrong International Airport. An Untractable Country: The History of Kenner, Louisia
In Ordinary Light: New and Selected Poems is a compilation of poems written by Darrell Bourque, Louisiana's Poet Laureate, over the past forty years. It includes selected poems from all his previousl
In 1841 New Orleans opened its public schools with the personal assistance of Horace Mann, the early champion of public education in the United States. Those first schools launched public schooling no
Examining the town's history from 1826 to 1877, Thompson showcases Clinton as a window through which one can view the importance of small towns in the nineteenth-century South."With its white columned
As the French and Indian war ended, Spain acquired the huge and undefined French province of Louisiana. It accepted the colony to protect other Spanish North American possessions farther to the west a
Imagine purchasing a house and finding a treasure trove of art by a single significant artist, left all but abandoned in a leaky garage. This is exactly what happened to Scott Veazey when, in 2003, he
Louisiana is widely known for its wildfowl hunting, a pervasive part of its heritage and culture. Alongside that hunting tradition there has also developed an artistic legacy carried on by Louisiana’s
In this collection of interrelated short stories, James Nolan swings wide open the courtyard gates of a city fabled both for its good times and bad. With ten new stories plus ten from his acclaimed pr
"Although not widely known in Louisiana, Sebastiâan Calvo de la Puerta was an interim governor for two years (1799-1801), during an era that most historians have ignored. He came from a Spanish family
It is the summer of 1979—the year of Apocalypse Now, long lines at the gas pumps, and American hostages in Iran—and our 10-year-old narrator, Long-Vanh, is burdened with the secret his mother, Vu-An,
Preventing Lethal Violence in New Orleans is inspired by the conference of the same name held in October 2012 at Loyola University in New Orleans and offers a sample of the presentations and roundtabl
Creolization in the French Americas aims to uncover and explore the roots, development, and cultural dynamism of Creole society and culture in the colonial and post-colonial francophone world. The ess
This volume in the "Louisiana Artist Series" showcases the work of an imaginative, spiritual, multifaceted, African American native of St. Martinville. An introductory essay by Philip Gould discusses
