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River Road Rambler
LSU Press 2013; US$ 19.95The River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge hosts a fascinating mix of people, traditions, and stories. Author Mary Ann Sternberg has spent over two decades exploring this richly historic corridor, uncovering intriguing and often underappreciated places. In River Road Rambler, she presents fifteen sketches about sites along this scenic route.... more...
Along the River Road
LSU Press 2013; US$ 22.95Few thoroughfares offer as rich a history as Louisiana?s River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. In this third edition of her extremely popular guide, Along the River Road, Mary Ann Sternberg provides a revised introduction, new images, and updated information on sites and attractions as well as tales and local lore about favorite and overlooked... more...
The Louisiana Scalawags
LSU Press 2013; US$ 32.50During the Civil War and Reconstruction, the pejorative term ?scalawag? referred to white southerners loyal to the Republican Party. With the onset of the federal occupation of New Orleans in 1862, scalawags challenged the restoration of the antebellum political and social orders. Derided as opportunists, uneducated ?poor white trash,? Union sympathizers,... more...
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Orleans
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 20.00The DK Eyewitness New Orleans Travel Guide will lead you straight to the best attractions New Orleans has to offer. The guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the city's stunning architecture, plus 3D aerial views of the key districts to explore on foot. You'll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars... more...
Louisiana Legacies
Wiley 2012; US$ 26.95Showcasing the colorful, even raucous, political, social, and unique cultural qualities of Louisiana history, this new collection of essays features the finest and latest scholarship. Includes readings featuring recent scholarship that expand on traditional historical accounts Includes material on every region of Louisiana Covers a... more...
Top 10 New Orleans
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 14.00DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: New Orleans will lead you straight to the very best on offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights, or want to find the best nightspots; this guide is the perfect companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events and festivals - there's... more...
Louisiana Place Names
LSU Press 2012; US$ 39.95From Aansel to Zwolle, with Mamou in between, researcher Clare D?Artois Leeper offers an alphabet of Louisiana place names, both past and present. Leeper includes 893 entries that reveal a distinct view of the state?s history. Her unique blend of documented fact and traditional wisdom results in an entertaining guide to Louisiana?s place name lore. Leeper... more...
Dixie Bohemia
LSU Press 2012; US$ 28.00In the years following World War I, the New Orleans French Quarter attracted artists and writers with its low rents, faded charm, and colorful street life. By the 1920s Jackson Square had become the center of a vibrant if short-lived bohemia. A young William Faulkner and his roommate William Spratling, an artist who taught at Tulane University, resided... more...
Travel New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
MobileReference 2012; US$ 4.99This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones,... more...
Travel Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands
MobileReference 2012; US$ 4.99This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones,... more...









