Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study, Jacksonville District
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Total Pages | : 840 |
Release | : 1999 |
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Total Pages | : 840 |
Release | : 1999 |
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Author | : Federal Writers' Project |
Publisher | : Trinity University Press |
Total Pages | : 746 |
Release | : 2013-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1595342168 |
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The WPA Guide to Louisiana features a state influenced greatly by both Cajun and Southern cultures, as seen in the excellent photography and the chapter focused solely on traditional Louisiana cuisine. From Acadiana to the northern Sportsmans’ Paradise, this guide takes the reader on a journey across the swamplands of the Pelican State with several driving tours and special essays on the rich histories of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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Publisher | : US History Publishers |
Total Pages | : 862 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Louisiana |
ISBN | : 1603540172 |
Author | : Federal Writers' Project |
Publisher | : Pantheon |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : New Orleans (La.) |
ISBN | : 9780394715889 |
Author | : Frank de Caro |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 2005-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780807122402 |
A sweeping collection of observations and episodes penned by visitors to Louisiana from the sixteenth century to the 1990s, Louisiana Sojourns is—much like the state itself—a wonder to behold in its sum, and in its particulars, full of surprise and delight. The seventy-six pieces that Frank A. de Caro has selected give readers a vivid sense of how Louisiana's unique blend of Old World, South, the exotic, and quintessential America has exerted a pull and hold on travelers. Included are writings by well-known figures such as Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, Kate Chopin, John Steinbeck, Frederick Law Olmsted, Walker Percy, William Faulkner, Simone de Beauvoir, Henry Miller, John James Audubon, Calvin Trillin, Zora Neale Hurston, A. J. Liebling, William Least Heat Moon, and Frederick Turner. Dozens of other wayfarers are represented as well.
Author | : Louisiana Writers' Project |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Louisiana |
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Author | : Writers' Program (U.S.) |
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Total Pages | : 746 |
Release | : 1941 |
Genre | : Louisiana |
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Author | : Federal Writers' Project |
Publisher | : Trinity University Press |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2013-09-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1595342036 |
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. Published in 1941, the WPA Guide to Arkansas splendidly exhibits the varied environment of the Natural State. From the densely forested land in the Ozark Mountains and Arkansas Timberlands to the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta, the guide to the Land of Opportunity provides several photographs of, history on, and driving tours through the state’s grand geography.
Author | : Federal Writers Project |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 1989-07-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780781210171 |
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Author | : Lyle Saxon |
Publisher | : Pelican Publishing |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1988-12-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781455609888 |
A fascinating volume, Old Louisiana chronicles much of the state's history. Vignettes depict the early French settlers, the later Spanish rulers, and the rise and collapse of the great plantation era. Bringing to light old diaries, letters, and other rare sources, Saxon creates a sensitive and realistic portrait of this charming, colorful state and its people. The reader meets daring pioneers, hot-tempered duellists, aristocratic planters, rough-hewn river men, and Creole beauties. Both of these classic works include E. H. Suydam's haunting, detailed illus-trations, which bring Saxon's prose to life. Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) is renowned as one of Louisiana's foremost authors. He was the central figure in the state's literary community during the 1920s and 1930s, and was well-known as a raconteur and bon vivant. He divided his time between his house in New Orleans and a cottage on the Melrose Plantation near Nachitoches. Among his other works are Father Mississippi, Lafitte the Pirate, Children of Strangers, and Joe Gilmore and His Friends . He collaborated with Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant on the perennial favorite Gumbo Ya-Ya . During the 1930s he headed the Louisiana WPA Writers Project, which produced the WPA Guide to Louisiana and the WPA Guide to New Orleans.