Author : Elisée Reclus
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN :
A translation of an account of a voyage to New Orleans by 19th century geographer, philosopher and revolutionary Elisee Reclus. Includes his letters home to a friend and family. also an introductory essay of Reclus' life and work and an epilogue on his later social philosophy.
Author : Richard Campanella
Publisher : University of Louisiana
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Lincoln in New Orleans reconstructs, to levels of detail and analyses never before attempted, the nature of Lincoln's two flatboat journeys to New Orleans and examines their influence on Lincoln's life, presidency, and subsequent historiography. It also sheds light on river commerce and New Orleans in the antebellum era.
Author : Charles Cesar Robin
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,85 MB
Release : 1966-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781565545717
"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. Voyage to Louisiana recounts Robin?s adventures in Pensacola, New Orleans, and the Attakapas and Ouachita country. He vividly describes the distinctive lifestyle and customs of the Louisiana Acadians and the New Orleans Creoles and provides a rare, tantalizing glimpse into the history of Colonial Louisiana." --from the publisher.
Author : Craig E. Colten
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN :
Twelve essays written by university-affiliated geographers, historians, anthropologists, and ecologists explore the local transformations of physical landforms, fish life, humans, and the Mississippi River that created and continue to modify the city of New Orleans. Among the topics: Native Americans and the geography of New Orleans; subduing nature through engineering; and industrial pollution in the lower Mississippi. c. Book News Inc.
Author : Erin M. Greenwald
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,23 MB
Release : 2016-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780917860690
Author : Ruta Sepetys
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 16,78 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1101607807
“A haunting peek at the life of a teenage girl in 1950s New Orleans.”--Entertainment Weekly It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street. Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test. With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny.
Author : Eliza Ripley
Publisher : New York ; London : D. Appleton and Company
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 1912
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Jonathan Raban
Publisher :
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,14 MB
Release : 2018-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781780601366
'Jonathan Raban is one of the world's greatest living travel writers.' William Dalrymple 'The best book of travel ever written by an Englishman about the United States' Jan Morris, Independent Navigating the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans, Raban opens himself to experience the river in all her turbulent and unpredictable old glory. Going wherever the current takes him, he joins a coon-hunt in Savana, falls for a girl in St Louis, worships with black Baptists in Memphis, hangs out with the housewives of Pemiscot and the hog-king of Dubuque. Through tears of laughter, we are led into the heartland of America - with its hunger and hospitality, its inventive energy and its charming lethargy - and come to know something of its soul. The journey is as much the story of Raban as it is of the Mississippi. Navigating the dangerous, ever-changing waters in an unsuitably fragile aluminium skiff, he immerses himself with an irresistible emotional intensity as he tries to give shape to the river and the story - finding himself by turns vulnerable, curious, angry and, like all of us, sometimes foolishly in love.
Author : Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 1951
Category : New Orleans (La.)
ISBN :
Author : Victor H. Green
Publisher : Colchis Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 24,43 MB
Release :
Category : History
ISBN :
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.
