Carnival in Louisiana: Celebrating Mardi Gras from the French Quarter to the Red River, Hardcover

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. Bruno and Frida are brother and sister French Bulldogs who live in the French Quarter in New Orleans. Frida is always ready to go on an adventure. ...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Amy L. StoneIllustration(s): 22 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. New Orleans is practically synonymous with Mardi Gras. Both evoke the parades, the beads, the costumes, the food--the pomp and circumstance. The ca...

Beads are one of the great New Orleans symbols, as much a signifier of the city as a pot of scarlet crawfish or a jazzman's trumpet. The first in a...

DescriptionAfter Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the surrounding region in 2005, the city debated whether to press on with Mardi Gras ...

Reducere. One of the first women s organizations to mask in a Mardi Gras parade, the Million Dollar Baby Dolls redefined the New Orleans carnival tradition. ...

DescriptionACCELERATED READER PROGRAM SELECTIONMardi Gras in New Orleans is long parades and grand balls. But in the country, Mardi Gras is entirel...

Reducere. Follow Folly as he celebrates Mardi Gras in Alabama! Hang on tight; he wants to see every parade in Mobile and Baldwin counties. Folly has a front-...

*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingDeep within the bayous and swamps of Louisiana resides a populat...

Reducere. Mardi Gras in Mobile began its carnival celebration years before the city of New Orleans was founded. In the 1700s, mystic societies formed in Mobi...

Reducere. DescriptionAmerica's greatest party and America's most colorful city, in all their shades, shimmer here in a never-before-published 1950-1960 colle...

Reducere. DescriptionJockomo: The Native Roots of Mardi Gras Indians celebrates the transcendent experience of Mardi Gras, encompassing both ancient and curr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Dianne de Las CasasIllustrator: Marita Gentry"It's a roaring reading partyPass out the sparkly beads, put on the catchy Mar...

Reducere. The move from spectator to participant is a quantum leap. Yet each Mardi Gras in New Orleans, thousands of people make it, abandoning inhibition an...

Walking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses--and the imagination. The experience is much more meaningful with knowledge of the area...

Reducere. When Carnival rolls around in New Orleans, it's time for everyone to celebrate--including the beadsHanging from his hook on a parade float, a littl...

This is the story of a free black Creole family with beginnings in French Louisiana in 1740. It's a story of struggle and triumph with an indomitab...

Reducere. Inspired by family & friends, I wanted to write about something fun and memorable...such as a special holiday. Having experienced teaching Kinderga...

Reducere. 1. Lookin' For A Reason2. Take It Like A Friend3. Need Someone To Hold4. Tearin' Up The Country5. Someday Never Comes6. What Are You Gonna Do7. Sai...

Reducere. Over 100 illustrations describe the building styles of each historical era and highlight some 60 buildings of particular importance.

Reducere. DescriptionOver the course of many decades, the city of Shreveport witnessed dramatic growth and ever-changing landscapes. Mule-drawn railways gave...

Reducere. DescriptionOver the course of many decades, the city of Shreveport witnessed dramatic growth and ever-changing landscapes. Mule-drawn railways gave...

Reducere. 1. Lookin' For A Reason 2. Take It Like A Friend 3. Need Someone To Hold 4. Tearin' Up The Country 5. Someday Never Comes 6. What Are You Gonna Do ...

Reducere. EXILED TO THE RED RIVER, Introducing Chief Spokane Garry -- A great sickness has swept through the Indian nations, killing several of the Spokane t...

Reducere. A prominent Louisiana political scientist makes plain the reasons for the state's political peculiarities. In the popular American imagination, Lou...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Text by (Art/Photo Books): Jim FraiserPhotographer: West FreemanThere is no place in America like New Orleans's famed French Quarte...

Reducere. Mardi Gras remains one of the most distinctive features of New Orleans. Although the city has celebrated Carnival since its days as a French and Sp...

Reducere. Side ALookin' for a ReasonTake It Like a FriendNeed Someone to HoldTearin' Up the CountrySomeday Never ComesSide BWhat Are You Gonna DoSail AwayHel...

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. In 1968 two young Vietnamese sisters flee to Saigon after their village on the Mekong River is attacked by American forces and burned to the ground...

Reducere. Mimi told Tante Conette all of the family news as they walked into the house that was warm with the smell of spicy jambalaya. When they had finishe...

DescriptionThe civil rights revolutions of the 1950s and 1960s transformed the literature on Reconstruction in America by emphasizing the social hi...

This colorful journey demonstrates strength and independence while participating in important cultural and family traditions. An eight-year-old boy...

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. DescriptionWalking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses--and the imagination. The experience is much more meaningful with knowledge ...

Reducere. Mardi Gras is a colorful religious festival. It lasts for days and is usually associated with street parties and wonderful performances featuring t...

Reducere. DescriptionJosh Landry is one of the hottest bartenders in New Orleans. He's shown many a female tourist that things are definitely big and easy do...

Reducere. In the years following World War I, the New Orleans French Quarter attracted artists and writers with its low rents, faded charm, and colorful stre...

Reducere. Home to the notorious "Blue Book, " which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans's infamous red-light d...

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. When quintessential Californian Lisa Perez catches her fiancé cheating on her she finds herself despondent and confused about how to handle the nex...

A police detective who is also a celebrity food truck chef fights off allegations that he is furthermore a murderer, as terrorist attacks set in.

Reducere. Today's leading poets and writers--from Anne Carson to Roxane Gay--respond to modern and contemporary masterpiecesIn this book, 26 internationally ...

Many of the recurring motifs found in south Louisiana's culture spring from the state's rich folklore. Influenced by settlers of European and Afric...