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Shreveport Chronicles: Profiles from Louisiana's Port City

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"Here are heroes and scoundrels, businessmen and religious leaders, artists and soldiers, pioneers and planters as well as a number of stories that are ironic, bizarre or simply curious." In this newest collection of his popular columns, Eric J. Brock portrays Shreveport's historical pageant through the lives of a cross section of truly fascinating characters. From the enigmatic mayor Robert Nathaniel Wood to forgotten beauty queen Janet Currie, Brock sketches the men and women--both ordinary and extraordinary--who shaped the course of Shreveport history. These biographical vignettes, originally printed in the Shreveport Times and the Forum News Magazine, are a must-read for any native or resident of northwest Louisiana."

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781540234582
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 162
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. august 2009
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x11x229 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 386 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 14. november 2024

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"Here are heroes and scoundrels, businessmen and religious leaders, artists and soldiers, pioneers and planters as well as a number of stories that are ironic, bizarre or simply curious." In this newest collection of his popular columns, Eric J. Brock portrays Shreveport's historical pageant through the lives of a cross section of truly fascinating characters. From the enigmatic mayor Robert Nathaniel Wood to forgotten beauty queen Janet Currie, Brock sketches the men and women--both ordinary and extraordinary--who shaped the course of Shreveport history. These biographical vignettes, originally printed in the Shreveport Times and the Forum News Magazine, are a must-read for any native or resident of northwest Louisiana."

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