Old Louisiana {Illustrated Edition].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saxon, Lyle.

Contributor:

Suydam, E. H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Louisiana--Description and travel.

Louisiana.

Louisiana--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Braunfell Books, 2023.

Summary:

A fascinating volume, Old Louisiana chronicles much of the state's history. Vignettes depict the early French settlers, the later Spanish rulers, and the rise and collapse of the great plantation era.Bringing to light old diaries, letters, and other rare sources, Saxon creates a sensitive and realistic portrait of this charming, colorful state and its people. The reader meets daring pioneers, hot-tempered duellists, aristocratic planters, rough-hewn river men, and Creole beauties.-Print ed.Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) ranks among Louisiana's most outstanding writers. During the 1920s and 1930s he was the central figure in the region's 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.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

ILLUSTRATIONS

Part I-PLANTATION PEOPLE

Chapter One-TWILIGHT

Chapter Two-THE GAY DANGERFIELDS

Chapter Three-GOING TO PIECES

Chapter Four-FAMILY PORTRAIT

Part II-MASTERS AND SLAVES

Chapter Five-BEGINNINGS

Chapter Six-AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PLANTER

Chapter Seven-POOR BABY!

Chapter Eight-TEMBA MURDERS HIS MASTER

Chapter Nine-CHANGING FORTUNES

Chapter Ten-AMERICANS IN CREOLE LOUISIANA

Chapter Eleven-"THE CITY OF SIN"

Chapter Twelve-A NEW ERA BEGINS

Chapter Thirteen-THE PROSPEROUS YEARS

Chapter Fourteen-THE STRANGE STORY OF PAULINE

Part III-LEISURELY TIMES

Chapter Fifteen-A YOUNG MAN OF FASHION IN 1850

Chapter Sixteen-THE YOUNG MAN'S DIARY

MONTH OF APRIL-1850

MONTH OF MAY-1850

MONTH OF JUNE-1850

Chapter Seventeen-LES BELLES DE LA CÔTE JOYEUSE

Chapter Eighteen-THE NEWS OF THE DAY

Chapter Nineteen-SIMON LEGREE

Chapter Twenty-HOW TO GET A RICH WIFE

Chapter Twenty-one-AN OLD LADY'S LETTERS

Part IV-SPLENDOR AND RUST

Chapter Twenty-two-A PLANTATION TOUR

Chapter Twenty-three-CHRISTMAS: THE MISTLETOE TRAIL

Chapter Twenty-four-ON TO NATCHEZ

Chapter Twenty-five-THAT ETERNAL INDIAN GIRL

Chapter Twenty-six-WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Chapter Twenty-seven-SUPERSTITIONS

Chapter Twenty-eight-SOME NEGRO PROVERBS

Chapter Twenty-nine-BAYOU TECHE AND CANE RIVER

Chapter Thirty-NEW YEAR'S EVE

Bibliography.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Saxon, Lyle Old Louisiana {Illustrated Edition]

ISBN:

9781805230502

1805230506

OCLC:

1407283913