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 : 35,79 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 : Denise Alvarado
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,87 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 : Mary Louise Mossy Christovich
Publisher : Historic New Orleans Collection
Page : pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780917860720
Author : Jeff Hannusch
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : David Clemmer
Publisher : Historic New Orleans Collections
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 26,15 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 : John Hope Franklin Collection of African and African-American Documentation
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 1977
Category : African American artists
ISBN :
Author : John Fulwiler
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 26,1 MB
Release : 198?
Category : African Americans
ISBN :
Author : Carolyn Westergren
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1796043184
Shakespeare used the idiom “But in the end, truth will come out.” The apropos title of this book, Legacy, is based on a true story. This is a historical novel based on the life of Mary Fisher. Born in a slave shack in 1871 to a black mother while amid flooding and a malaria epidemic, the heroine of the story was the daughter of the widower plantation owner. Severe flooding and a yellow fever depredation left her with only an older half sister, Emerald, and her father, Colonel Gallager, who named her Felice in the story. Raised as daddy’s little princess, she had an idyllic childhood. Though her father died when she was a teenager, he had arranged for her to attend a Catholic boarding school in New Orleans. There she acquired a proper education and mastered the social graces. After graduating, she remained at school since she had no place to return. Stunningly beautiful, Felice worked as a governess to relatives of the Louisiana governor for a time. After a disappointing first love affair, she matured to become an adult, a passed-for-white madam of a bordello in New Orleans. Under Jim Crow laws, it was illegal for black women to even be present in such an establishment, much less own one. By the roaring twenties, a few Corpus Christi community leaders decided that the only thing missing from their fair Gulf Coast city was a first-class bordello. The gentlemen went to New Orleans, where they asked the real Mary Fisher to relocate her operation. She realized the value of protection and benefits that these men could provide and took them up on their offer. After decades in business and retirement at age seventy-five with abundant jewelry, cash, and rental property, the woman was murdered. The story evolves into a true crime mystery with an unexpected ending.
Author : Catherine Cahn Kahn
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Charities
ISBN :
Author : Judith H. Bonner
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 11,99 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Art, American
ISBN :