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In the decade preceding the Civil War, New Orleans was a boisterous port with one of the most diverse populations in the world. But the city was enjoying a transient heyday, soon to be replaced by devastation and reconstruction. During the mid-nineteenth century, commerce, culture, architecture, education, and other important facets of life reached their zenith in the fabled Crescent City. But beneath the outwardly carefree surface, yellow fever and typhus claimed thousands of lives nearly every year, branding New Orleans "the most unhealthy city in the world." In this detailed account of an exciting era, Professor Robert Reinders weaves the colorful tapestry of a city in its prime; yet, what he presents is a New Orleans devoid of many of the legends and myths that have surrounded the city's history. According to Reiders, the Creole aristocracy of the the 1850s was a bold lot, much shrewder than has been assumed, with effective commercial ties to American merchants as well as cultural ties to native France. With more than 60 illustrations and photographs of the city and its key personalities during this era, the New Orleans that emerges is even more fascinating than the one of storied fame.

Sharp, incisive biographical sketches of the 83 individuals who have held the highest office of this celebrated state since 1685 when the Frenchman, Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, reigned over the territory. The author explores the lives, rules, and achievements of every subsequent governor, spanning the Spanish Period, the Mexican Period, and the Period of the Republic, to the modern state. Includes portraits of many of the governors.

Once again Louise Littleton Davis has produced from her store of knowledge and understanding of Tennessee history a collection of engrossing stories about the people and events that went into the making of that great state. As in her earlier "Frontier Tales of Tennessee", this book spans two centuries, from pre-Revolutionary days into the 1800s. The reader will now meet many more of early Tennessee's colorful characters, often in unexpected places. Pious and profane, noble and notorious, all of these historical figures emerge as real men and women who worked, fought, and prayed a young state into being. Accounts of incredible land deals dramatize the tragedy of American Indians pushed west by the white man's greed. Tribute is paid to John Ross, most notable of all Cherokee chiefs, whose lifelong struggle for the rights of the Indians ended with the infamous "Trail of Tears", a death march for many of the 17,000 Cherokees forced by U.S. Army troops to walk from Tennessee to Oklahoma. Frontier criminal justice, shocking by today's standards, reveals a rugged society that considered horse thievery worse than murder and administered punishment accordingly. The strict, often harsh, religious structure that ruled frontier communities is reflected in accounts of church trials concerning many matters now handled by civil courts.

Situated high on a ridge overlooking the meandering Mississippi River, Magnolia Mound stands as Baton Rouge's most imposing-- and most historically significant-- eighteenth century structure. Indeed, the history of Magnolia Mound is the history of the Baton Rouge area. This volume, researched and written under the direction of the Board of Trustees of Magnolia Mound, traces the origin and development of this splendid Creole raised cottage, providing an intimate look at plantation life from the turn of the eighteenth century as well as the economic system that supported it. Beginning with the original land grant of 1786, the authors document both the social and the architectural history of the celebrated structure-- from its origin as a modest settler's house and farm to its later grandeur as a distinctive home situated within an extensive working plantation. The book also includes an account of the successful struggle by the Foundation for Historical Louisiana-- which keeps the building and grounds open to the public-- to save the house from destruction in 1960.

Early-nineteenth-century Europe had been in turmoil. The Napoleonic Wars that once ravaged the continent had ended, Napoleon had been exiled to St. Helena, and his Grande Armï¿1/2e lay in disarray. His most devoted officers and men, refusing allegiance to the hated Bourbons, looked for new and distant lands.Hopefully, if not enthusiastically, they came to America. Most of them remained to help build an emerging nation. Among their number were many of the skilled minds--the engineers, generals, architects, city planners, and newspaper publishers--whose contributions to a young America were vital and whose legacies still endure.In recounting the saga of these former Napoleonics, Simone de la Souchï¿1/2re Delï¿1/2ry has drawn extensively from documents, letters, relics, and other treasured family heirlooms in the possession of their descendants. Countless Americans today can trace their ancestry to these hardy exiles who, in the manner of the Pilgrims two centuries earlier, sailed to America in search of a new life.A native of France, Delï¿1/2ry taught French at Tulane University for thirty years. She has written two other books, France d'Amï¿1/2rique, in collaboration with Gladys Ann Renshaw, and La France en Louisiane. Napoleon's Soldiers in America was published originally in French under the title A la Poursuite des Aigles, a book of the month selection by Le Cercle du Livre de France.

This classic, comprehensive reference features a biographical dictionary of craftsmen, along with many of their signatures and marks. The new Foreword explains the important role British violin makers played in the development of the instrument. (Music)

If you feel nostalgic about the days of gorgeous hoop skirts, handsome Southern gentlemen, and exquisite dinners, then you'll love this memoir in which Eliza Ripley takes readers back to antebellum days in New Orleans. Realizing that the times recorded here had drifted away forever, the author purposed to make a record for her progeny of the way things used to be.Alas, the New Orleans described here exists only on the printed page and in second-hand stories--those who experienced it firsthand are no longer with us. In their absence, Mrs. Ripley describes everything from boarding schools to old wedding traditions. Such genteel mainstays as the old French Opera house, steamboats, and the lovely, nameless hotel at the gulfside town of Pass Christian, Mississippi, are fondly recalled and vividly described.New Orleans still retains much of the warm, easy-living feel that was so cherished in antebellum days. So, even today, you will easily appreciate the voyage back to a somehow-familiar time of grandeur and elegance.

"When the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as almost unbearable. The colonists found a land magnificent with forest trees of every size and variety, but they had no sawmills, and few saws to cut boards; there was plenty of clay and ample limestone on every side, yet they could have no brick and no mortar; grand boulders of granite and rock were everywhere, yet there was not a single facility for cutting, drawing, or using stone. These homeless men, so sorely in need of immediate shelter, were baffled by pioneer conditions, and had to turn to many poor expedients and be satisfied with rude covering. In Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and, possibly, other states, some reverted to an ancient form of shelter: they became cave-dwellers; caves were dug in the side of a hill and lived in till the settlers could have time to chop down and cut up trees for log houses."--from Chapter IIn this comprehensive study on the way of life of the early settlers in the New World, Alice Morse Earle accurately details the new experiences of the colonists and the daily struggles and problems they faced.Once the settlers built homes, they were met with such problems as providing lighting and preparing and storing food. How they met these challenges, how they lived, and how they survived are all brought to life in Home Life in Colonial Days.