| Old Louisiana Contributor(s): Saxon, Lyle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0882897055 ISBN-13: 9780882897059 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1988 Annotation: This fascinating volume footnotes much of Louisiana's history, beginning with vignettes of the early French and Spanish settlers and plantation life through the period of slavery and beyond. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Travel | United States - South - General |
| Dewey: 976.3 |
| LCCN: 88027401 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.45 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fascinating volume covers Louisiana's history, beginning with the early French and Spanish settlers through slavery and beyond. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saxon, Lyle: - Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) ranks among Louisiana's most outstanding writers. During the 1920s and 1930s he was the central figure in the regionís literary community, and was widely known as a raconteur and bon vivant. In addition to Father Mississippi, Lafitte the Pirate, and Children of Strangers, he also wrote Fabulous New Orleans, Old Louisiana, The Friends of Joe Gilmore, and was a co-author of Gumbo Ya-Ya, with Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant. During the Depression, he directed the state WPA Writers Project, which produced the WPA Guide to Louisiana and the WPA Guide to New Orleans. |
