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Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway (Revised) Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Sternberg, Mary Ann (Author)
ISBN: 0807150622     ISBN-13: 9780807150627
Publisher: LSU Press
OUR PRICE:   $22.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Regional Studies
- History | United States - State & Local - General
Dewey: 976.33
LCCN: 2012026510
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 360 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Louisiana
- Cultural Region - Deep South
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
 
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Publisher Description:

Few thoroughfares offer as rich a history as Louisiana's River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. In this third edition of her extremely popular guide, Along the River Road, Mary Ann Sternberg provides a revised introduction, new images, and updated information on sites and attractions as well as tales and local lore about favorite and overlooked destinations. Featuring background information about the area and a detailed guided tour--upriver on the east bank and downriver along the west--the book gives an overview of the River Road, serving as an accessible and definitive companion to exploring the corridor.

Sternberg's abiding appreciation of the area's allure--garnered over twenty years of visiting--produces a must-have travel companion to a place that far exceeds its common reputation as only a parade of elegant antebellum mansions. In this new edition, she again encourages travelers to experience the many treasures of this wondrous byway for themselves, seeing how much it has changed over the last decade.

Contributor Bio(s): Sternberg, Mary Ann: - A native of New Orleans and longtime resident of Baton Rouge, Mary Ann Sternberg has traveled the River Road for many years. Curious about what she saw there, she began investigating the intriguing stories behind some of the road's landmarks. She is the author of several books about Louisiana, including Along the River Road (1996, 2001, 2013) and Winding through Time (2007), as well as the first volume of River Road Rambler (2013).