A Haunted History of Louisiana Plantations, Hardcover

Reducere. One of the finest architectural photographers in America, Robert W. Tebbs produced the first photographic survey of Louisiana's plantations in 1926...

Reducere. A City with a Violent Past: The predominant hue of the city's colorful past is blood red, and restless souls are rumored to inhabit the night. The ...

Reducere. Once the center of agricultural prosperity in Alabama, the rich soil of the Black Belt still features beautiful homes that stand as a testimony to ...

The hunt for red crawfish is the thing, the raison d'etre, of Acadian spring. Introduced to Louisiana by the swamp dwellers of the Atchafalaya Basi...

Reducere. This ground breaking study is the first to comprehensively examine the history of yellow fever in Louisiana. As the state's largest city and princi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Earl J. HessDuring the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederate army could have operated without effective transpor...

Reducere. Delaware's long history has created many ghostly echoes in the present day, places where the souls of the dead have not yet found rest. Experience ...

Reducere. New Orleans is a city of many storied streets, but only one conjures up as much unbridled passion as it does fervent hatred, simultaneously polariz...

Reducere. South Carolinians have long desired a route for water navigation from Columbia to Charleston. An early Santee Canal effort ended in failure by 1850...

Reducere. DescriptionLeaving the crowded, tourist-driven French Quarter by crossing Esplanade Avenue, visitors and residents entering the Faubourg Marigny tr...

Reducere. Holocaust survivor, Sol Rosenberg, relates his inspiring story through his good friend Richard Chardkoff. From his stable family life in Warsaw to ...

Reducere. Healing Haunted Histories tackles the oldest and deepest injustices on the North American continent. Violations which inhabit every intersection of...

Reducere. DescriptionAfrican Americans, both enslaved and free, were vital to the economy of the Eastern Shore of Maryland before the Civil War. Maryland bec...

Reducere. Once the center of agricultural prosperity in Alabama, the rich soil of the Black Belt still features beautiful homes that stand as a testimony to ...

Reducere. Savannah is as Southern a place as has ever existed, and the Savannah River Plantations were the pinnacle of Southern heritage. Place names such as...

Reducere. A. Hays Town changed the face of the Louisiana house. In a career that includes designing more than five hundred homes, he led architects, builders...

Reducere. The Sazerac, the Hurricane, and the absinthe glass of Herbsaint are among the many well-known creations native to New Orleans's longstanding drinki...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the saying goes, "dead men tell no tales." Or do they? From its humble beginnings as a Spanish settlement in 1691 to the bloody battl...

Reducere. Old Town Spring's historic streets may set the scene for a quaint shopping village, but they also serve as byways for one of the most haunted towns...

The Gates of Hell are rumored to lie below a hotel near Denver's capitol building, and there are tales of restless spirits of those buried in Chees...

Reducere. Ghostly travelers are said to wander the lonely roads of western Pennsylvania. A creeping fog rises from Blue Mist Road, and stories of car crashes...

Reducere. This study encompasses a complete history of Louisiana's isleno community from the Spanish era to the late 20th century.

Reducere. Buried deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods, the ruined splendor of the Summerwind Mansion bares the bones of its legendary past. Robert Patterson Lamo...

Reducere. Louisiana Coushatta Basket Makers brings together oral histories, tribal records, archival materials, and archaeological evidence to explore the fa...

Reducere. DescriptionBuilt on the site of a Civil War camp ravaged by disease, the Ohio State Reformatory first opened in 1896 to reform young offenders but ...

DescriptionSummon the necessary courage and dare to explore the haunted history of the "mountain empire." Tales of ghostly spirits envelop the nort...

Reducere. As the saying goes, "dead men tell no tales." Or do they? From its humble beginnings as a Spanish settlement in 1691 to the bloody battle at the Al...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This anthology constitutes the first attempt to fill comprehensively one of the most enduring lacunae in Louisiana historiography--the French-Antil...

This comprehensive volume traces the history of Lafayette Parish, from its earliest beginnings and the struggle between the Attakapas Indians and t...

Reducere. The initial confrontation between Union general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Virginia during the Overland Campaign has...

Reducere. What would compel an African-American man to spend ten years of his life tracing his family tree from the Pacific Northwest back to slavery times i...

Reducere. Built on the site of a Civil War camp ravaged by disease, the Ohio State Reformatory first opened in 1896 to reform young offenders but eventually ...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionStrange lights float in the Pocomoke Forest, withering houses decay in lonely fields and spirits linger along the shores of the Chesapea...

Reducere. C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the ...

Reducere. Madame Langlois Legacy: The Three Ingredients found in each chapter.HISTORICAL FICTION: VERIFIED EIGHTEENTH CENTURY RECIPES: RELEVANT HISTORICAL BA...

Reducere. Located at the narrow end of the funnel-shaped Mississippi flyway zone, south Louisiana serves as a seasonal stopover for wintering birds from all ...

Reducere. Prior to the 2020 presidential election, historians considered the disputed 1876 contest--which pitted Republican Rutherford B. Hayes against Democ...

Reducere. Based on years of exhaustive and meticulous research, David C. Keehn's study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Knights of the Golden...

Reducere. Mardi Gras festivities don't end after the parades roll through the streets; rather, a large part of the celebration continues unseen by the genera...

Reducere. DescriptionTourists flock to the Ozarks region every year to dip their paddles in the pure waters of its wilderness or lose themselves in the happy...