Avoyelles

Crossroads of Louisiana Where All Cultures Meet

Sue Eakin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

1999
Pelican Publishing Co (Verlag)
9781565546172 (ISBN)

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The parish has a rich history begun by people of many different descents--French, Spanish, English, Scotch-Irish, German, Italian, and Jewish--coming together in mutual respect and peace, but not without the ups and downs that come with the human condition. The books takes the reader on six tours through Avoyelles, from the towns of Marksville and Cocoville to Lake Pearl and Cottonport, giving the reader a penned as well as pictorial background of life in the parish as well as the culture that still thrives within them.Members of the executive board of La Commission des Avoyelles have combed the sections of their parish to bring forth the written and oral history and every old picture that could be found. Brought together in a masterful collection, thepieces document Avoyelles parish, its beginning, its development, and its present.

Sue Eakin, who passed away in 2009, was a professor of history at Louisiana State University at Alexandria. She spent more than four decades teaching Louisiana history, bringing a fresh approach to analyzing the state's vibrant past. Eakin's previous work included a rewrite of Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave 1841-1853 that is intended for younger audiences. She resided in Bunkie, Louisiana, near the plantation where the events in Solomon Northrup's tale took place.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.1999
Zusatzinfo	703 Photos, Map
Verlagsort	Gretna, LA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	228 x 304 mm
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-13	9781565546172 / 9781565546172
Zustand	Neuware