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The Other Side of the Painting

Wendy Rodrigue's book, 'The Other Side of the Painting,' derives from her popular blog, Musings o...

Marie Laveau, the Mysterious Voudou Queen

This study investigates the emergence of powerful female leadership in New Orleans' Voodoo tradit...

Dirty Rice

In the midst of the Great Depression, minor league baseball thrives in small-town South Louisiana...

Populating the Barrera

As the French and Indian war ended, Spain acquired the huge and undefined French province of Loui...

Paul Morphy

Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess is the only full-length biography of Paul Morphy, the ...

Jim Garrison’s Bourbon Street Brawl

Years before his inquiry into the Kennedy assassination, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garris...

Higher Ground

Five months after a hurricane has devastated New Orleans, native Nicole Naquin is home for the fi...

Lincoln in New Orleans

In 1828, a teenaged Abraham Lincoln guided a flatboat down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. ...

Clinton, Louisiana

Examining the town's history from 1826 to 1877, Thompson showcases Clinton as a window through wh...

The Big Picture of U.S. National Government

The Big Picture of U.S. National Government is a comprehensive introductory text for entry-level ...

Scopena

In Scopena: A Memoir of Home, former U.S. representative and Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer shar...