Book Description
When Mary McAlistair's father dies leaving the whole estate to her scheming stepmother, Mary decides to journey to New Orleans to learn her Creole background and a secret from her past.
Author : Alexandra Ripley
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Historical fiction
ISBN : 9780446342100
When Mary McAlistair's father dies leaving the whole estate to her scheming stepmother, Mary decides to journey to New Orleans to learn her Creole background and a secret from her past.
Author : Mary Louise Mossy Christovich
Publisher : Historic New Orleans Collection
Page : pages
File Size : 36,46 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780917860720
Author : Denise Alvarado
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 21,40 MB
Release : 2020-02-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1633411427
The life and work of the legendary “Pope of Voodoo,” Marie Laveau—a free woman of color who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts; certainly, she is among the most famous. She is the subject of songs, films, and legends and the star of New Orleans ghost tours. Her grave in New Orleans ranks among the most popular spiritual pilgrimages in the US. Devotees venerate votive images of Laveau, who proclaimed herself the “Pope of Voodoo.” She is the subject of respected historical biographies and the inspiration for novels by Francine Prose and Jewell Parker Rhodes. She even appears in Marvel Comics and on the television show American Horror Story: Coven, where she was portrayed by Angela Bassett. Author Denise Alvarado explores Marie Laveau’s life and work—the fascinating history and mystery. This book gives an overview of New Orleans Voodoo, its origins, history, and practices. It contains spells, prayers, rituals, recipes, and instructions for constructing New Orleans voodoo-style altars and crafting a voodoo amulet known as a gris-gris.
Author : John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 1977
Category : African American artists
ISBN :
Author : Justin A. Nystrom
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0801899974
We often think of Reconstruction as an unfinished revolution. Justin A. Nystrom’s original study of the aftermath of emancipation in New Orleans takes a different perspective, arguing that the politics of the era were less of a binary struggle over political supremacy and morality than they were about a quest for stability in a world rendered uncertain and unfamiliar by the collapse of slavery. Commercially vibrant and racially unique before the Civil War, New Orleans after secession and following Appomattox provides an especially interesting case study in political and social adjustment. Taking a generational view and using longitudinal studies of some of the major political players of the era, New Orleans after the Civil War asks fundamentally new questions about life in the post–Civil War South: Who would emerge as leaders in the prostrate but economically ambitious city? How would whites who differed over secession come together over postwar policy? Where would the mixed-race middle class and newly freed slaves fit in the new order? Nystrom follows not only the period’s broad contours and occasional bloody conflicts but also the coalition building and the often surprising liaisons that formed to address these and related issues. His unusual approach breaks free from the worn stereotypes of Reconstruction to explore the uncertainty, self-doubt, and moral complexity that haunted Southerners after the war. This probing look at a generation of New Orleanians and how they redefined a society shattered by the Civil War engages historical actors on their own terms and makes real the human dimension of life during this difficult period in American history.
Author : David Clemmer
Publisher : Historic New Orleans Collections
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 21,18 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780917860867
"Created to accompany a 2021 exhibition commemorating the centennial of John Clemmer's birth, this catalog includes three essays that offer insight into Clemmer's life and art, as well as full-color plates of numerous works and an exhibition checklist"--
Author : Jeff Hannusch
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 19,48 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Andi Eaton
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 2014
Category : CRAFTS & HOBBIES
ISBN : 9781626196414
"History of style and fashion in New Orleans from colonization to present day"--
Author : John Fulwiler
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 198?
Category : African Americans
ISBN :
Author : Catherine Cahn Kahn
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 25,78 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Charities
ISBN :