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Author : David C. Edmonds
Release : 2005
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Yankee Autumn in Acadiana by : David C. Edmonds
Download or read book Yankee Autumn in Acadiana written by David C. Edmonds. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete narrative of the expedition.
Author : Lloyd A. Hunter
Release : 2013-10-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 692/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis For Duty and Destiny by : Lloyd A. Hunter
Download or read book For Duty and Destiny written by Lloyd A. Hunter. This book was released on 2013-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Taylor Stott was a native Hoosier and an 1861 graduate of Franklin College, who later became the president who took the college from virtual bankruptcy in 1872 to its place as a leading liberal arts institution in Indiana. The story of Franklin College is the story of W. T. Stott, yet his influence was not confined to the school’s parameters. Stott was an inspirational and intellectual force in the Indiana Baptist community, and a foremost champion of small denominational colleges and of higher education in general. He also fought in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, rising from private to captain by 1863. Stott’s diary reveals a soldier who was also a scholar.
Author : Carl A. Brasseaux
Release : 2011-05-18
Genre : Photography
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Book Synopsis Acadiana by : Carl A. Brasseaux
Download or read book Acadiana written by Carl A. Brasseaux. This book was released on 2011-05-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Acadiana" summons up visions of a legendary and exotic world of moss-draped cypress, cocoa-colored bayous, subtropical wildlife, and spicy indigenous cuisine. The ancestral home of Cajuns and Creoles, this twenty-two-parish area of south Louisiana encompasses a broad range of people, places, and events. In their historical and pictorial tour of the region, author Carl A. Brasseaux and photographer Philip Gould explore in depth this fascinating and complex world. As passionate documentarians of all things Cajun and Creole, Brasseaux and Gould delve into the topography, culture, and economy of Acadiana. In two hundred color photographs of architecture, landscapes, wildlife, and artifacts, Gould portrays the rich history still visible in the area, while Brasseaux's engagingly written narrative covers the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century story of settlement and development in the region. Brasseaux brings the story up to date, recounting devastating hurricanes and coastal degradation. From living-history attractions such as Vermilionville, the Acadian Village, and Longfellow-Evangeline State Park to music venues, festivals, and crawfish boils, Acadiana depicts a resilient and vibrant way of life and presents a vivid portrait of a culture that continues to captivate, charm, and endure. For all those who want to explore these people and this place, Brasseaux and Gould have provided an insightful written and visual history.
Author : James G. Hollandsworth, Jr.
Release : 1998-11-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Pretense Of Glory by : James G. Hollandsworth, Jr.
Download or read book Pretense Of Glory written by James G. Hollandsworth, Jr.. This book was released on 1998-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first modern biography of Nathaniel P. Banks, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals the complicated and contradictory nature of the man who called himself the "fighting politician." Despite a lack of formal education, family connections, and personal fortune, Banks (1816--1884) advanced from the Massachusetts legislature to the governorship to the U.S. Congress and Speaker of the House. He learned early in his political career that the pretext of conviction can be more important than the conviction itself, and he practiced a politics of expedience, espousing popular beliefs but never defining beliefs of his own. A leader in the new Republican party, he developed a reputation as a compelling orator and a politician with a bright future. At the onset of the Civil War, Lincoln appointed Banks a major general, and, as Hollandsworth shows, the same pretext of conviction that served Banks so well in politics proved disastrous on the battlefield. He suffered resounding defeats in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the Battle of Cedar Mountain, and the Red River Campaign. Illuminating the personal characteristics that stalled the promise of Banks's early political career and contributed to his dismal record as a commanding officer, Hollandsworth demonstrates how Banks's obsessive pretense of glory prevented him from achieving its reality.
Author : Carl A. Brasseaux
Release : 1992
Genre : Cajuns
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Book Rating : 113/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Acadian to Cajun by : Carl A. Brasseaux
Download or read book Acadian to Cajun written by Carl A. Brasseaux. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work serves as a model for compiling ethnohistories of other nonliterate peoples."--BOOK JACKET.
