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Posted on 9/15/15 at 12:34 am to choupic
Alan Brinkley's Voices of Protest was enjoyable.
ETA- if you wanted another Huey P Long book, that is.
ETA- if you wanted another Huey P Long book, that is.
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Posted on 9/15/15 at 12:49 am to choupic
Posted on 9/15/15 at 1:02 am to choupic
Too bad most of you weren't old enough to be at LSU when Dr. Tommy Carleton taught LA history. It was my favorite class while chasing the BA. He also wrote this one:
Posted on 9/15/15 at 1:28 am to MondayMorningMarch
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Too bad most of you weren't old enough to be at LSU when Dr. Tommy Carleton taught LA history.
You mean Mark Carleton?
Or Tommy Karem in Sports marketing?
Both great professors. Carleton RIP.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 1:35 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I took Dr Hyde's class at Southeastern. Awesome instructor who really got into the material
Posted on 9/15/15 at 1:38 am to Bourre
Sam is an interesting guy to talk to. Never had a class of his but he knows some interesting LA history.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 5:56 am to choupic
There is a great book on the history of Louisiana written by a French man. He was one of the first to travel the area and was a scientist. Can not think of his name right now, but he interviewed the area indians and stayed in the area a while. Great book, maybe someone else knows his name, google isnt helping me either. Described the wild life, land etc. Killed a 21 foot gator.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 6:40 am to jeffsdad
Posted on 9/15/15 at 6:44 am to Bullfrog
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Mark Carleton
Great Prof. Wore the same outfit every day, khakis or an awful lavender sweater. I still have my mother's textbook from his class, "Louisiana:ANarrative History" by Edwin Adams Davis. I can't remember if we used that one in the late 80s or just read a bunch of shorter books.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 6:51 am to choupic
My Uncle wrote a book on the geneolgy of St. James Parish with a heave concentration on Vacherie. The History part is pretty interesting, I never knew there was a German Coast in LA till I read his book.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 7:01 am to Kajungee
Nope, thats not it.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 7:10 am to choupic
Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz (1695?–1775) was an ethnographer, historian, and naturalist who is best known for his Histoire de la Louisiane.
Great book!!
Great book!!
Posted on 9/15/15 at 7:23 am to jeffsdad
Great recs in here, keep them coming...
Posted on 9/15/15 at 7:29 am to choupic
Gumbo YaYa is a fun book- folklore, etc
Posted on 9/15/15 at 8:34 am to Rollwave034
Great read about last Island in Terrebonne parish which was a playground for the wealthy back in the 1800's. Incredible story not only about what last island used to be but also about heroism and survival.
Not a extremely well written book but tells a story about the dark side of the teamsters and the shady and bully tactics brought down onto baton rouge by Ed Grady Partin. Truly astonishing read of how corrupt our area used to be. Also sheds light on the involvement of an LSU player who is typically honored on Saturday night who was pretty involved with the corruption. Makes you look at things from a different perspective.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 8:36 am to Rollwave034
Empire of Sin
This is a really great look at NOLA in turn of the previous century, extra focus on Storyville.
This is a really great look at NOLA in turn of the previous century, extra focus on Storyville.
Posted on 9/15/15 at 8:41 am to choupic
If politics interest you check out Kingfish(Huey P Long) and Boss of the Delta(Leander Perez)
Posted on 9/15/15 at 9:52 am to choupic
Posted on 9/15/15 at 10:23 am to rrcar
du Pratz and Fortier, titans.
Lyle Saxon is another, along with his WPA Writing Project colleagues.
From a Catholic Perspective, Roger Baudier's book "The Catholic Church in Louisiana" as well as "Cross, Crozier, and Crucible" a collection of writings commemorating the bicentennial of the Diocese/Archdiocese of New Orleans in 1993.
Lyle Saxon is another, along with his WPA Writing Project colleagues.
From a Catholic Perspective, Roger Baudier's book "The Catholic Church in Louisiana" as well as "Cross, Crozier, and Crucible" a collection of writings commemorating the bicentennial of the Diocese/Archdiocese of New Orleans in 1993.
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