Author: Lawrence Lee Hewitt
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Keywords: mississippi, bastion, confederate, hudson, port
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1994-09
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 080711961X
ISBN-13: 9780807119617

Author: C. Vann Woodward
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Keywords: south, history, new, origins
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 1971-06
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0807100196
ISBN-13: 9780807100196

Author: Delia Labarre
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Keywords: item, city, library, southern, civilization, daily, sketches, orleans, lafcadio, hearn, illustrated, new
Number of Pages: 175
Published: 2007-05
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0807132438
ISBN-13: 9780807132432

Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) was a master satirist who displayed a fiery wit both as a writer and as an artist. For seven months in 1880, he surprised and amused the readers of New Orleans with his woodblock "cartoons" and accompanying articles, which were variously funny, scathing, surreal, political, whimsical, and moral. This delightful book collects in their entirety, for the first time, all of the extant satirical columns and woodcut illustrations published in the Daily City Item—181 columns in all. Hearn displays immense range, illuminating in words and prints the unique culture of Ne

Author: Pam Kaster
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Keywords: story, true, pony, molly
Number of Pages: 36
Published: 2008-04-29
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0807133205
ISBN-13: 9780807133200

Molly the pony waits. She waits in her stall. She waits during the storm. She waits for her owner to return.So begins the true story of a patient pony who is rescued from a south Louisiana barn after Hurricane Katrina and finds a new life on a farm with new animal friends. But Molly’s tale of courage does not end here.When a dog on the farm attacks Molly, her front leg is badly injured. For a pony, a damaged leg is life threatening. To the amazement of veterinarians, though, Molly rises to her new challenge. She undergoes a rare surgery for horses: amputation of her front leg. Now fit

Author: David M. Potter
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Keywords: crisis, secession, party, lincoln
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 1995-11-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0807120278
ISBN-13: 9780807120279

Originally published in 1942, this perceptive and impartial analysis of one of the most baffling periods in American history--the months between the election of Lincoln and the fall of Fort Sumter--was a bold declaration of intellectual independence. David M. Potter revolted against the prevailing southern argument that Lincoln deliberately provoked the South into war to bring a violent end to slavery, arguing instead that the new president followed the least aggressive course available to him in dealing with the secession crisis. Based on a painstaking examination of the writings and stat

Author: Robert K. Krick
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Keywords: chapters, army, northern, virginia, jackson, stonewall, volley, doomed, confederacy, death, smoothbore
Number of Pages: 274
Published: 2004-03
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0807129712
ISBN-13: 9780807129715

No military unit in all the annals of American history exceeds in reputation Robert E. Lee’s illustrious Army of Northern Virginia. In ten chapters based on exhaustive research, esteemed Civil War scholar Robert K. Krick gives eloquent examination to aspects of this army ranging from biographical sketches and the best and worst books on the subject to Confederate troop strengths and locating soldier records. The Smoothbore Volley That Doomed the Confederacy gleams with Krick’s usual superior research, skilled writing, and sound analysis and sheds new light on one of the most popular Civil

Author: Richard B. McCaslin
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Keywords: washington, shadow, lee
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2004-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0807129593
ISBN-13: 9780807129593

While most scholars agree that Robert E. Lee’s loyalty to Virginia was the key factor in his decision to join the Confederate cause, Richard B. McCaslin demonstrate that, beyond that loyalty, Lee’s true call to action was the legacy of the American Revolution viewed through his reverence for George Washington. In this thematic biography of the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, McCaslin locates the sources of Lee’s devotion to Washington and shows how this bond affected his performance as a general in battle.