Author: Elisée Reclus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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A translation of an account of a voyage to New Orleans by 19th century geographer, philosopher and revolutionary Elisee Reclus. Includes his letters home to a friend and family. also an introductory essay of Reclus' life and work and an epilogue on his later social philosophy.
Author: Richard Campanella
Publisher: University of Louisiana
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Lincoln in New Orleans reconstructs, to levels of detail and analyses never before attempted, the nature of Lincoln's two flatboat journeys to New Orleans and examines their influence on Lincoln's life, presidency, and subsequent historiography. It also sheds light on river commerce and New Orleans in the antebellum era.
Author: Elisée Reclus
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781930180031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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A translation of an account of a voyage to New Orleans by 19th century geographer, philosopher and revolutionary Elisee Reclus. Includes his letters home to a friend and family. also an introductory essay of Reclus' life and work and an epilogue on his later social philosophy.
Author: John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Stories heard as child by author, backed up by documentation, of voyage taken by his sister and her husband, Nicholas J. Roosevelt in 1811.
Author: Charles Cesar Robin
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781565545717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"When C. C. Robin first came to America in 1803, he wrote a three-volume description of his travels in the West Indies, Pensacola, and Louisiana. The author of this unusual book was a scientist and writer of note, but the story of his life is veiled in mystery. His remarkable memoir, originally published only in French, is now available for the first time to English readers. Voyage to Louisiana recounts Robin?s adventures in Pensacola, New Orleans, and the Attakapas and Ouachita country. He vividly describes the distinctive lifestyle and customs of the Louisiana Acadians and the New Orleans Creoles and provides a rare, tantalizing glimpse into the history of Colonial Louisiana." --from the publisher.
Author: Adam Karlin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741048339
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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'Remarkably comprehensive' according to the New York Times. Two authors, 60 days of in-city research, 17 detailed maps innumerable po'boys eaten. Special chapter on rebuilding New Orleans with information on continued relief efforts and volunteer opportunities. Expanded Day Trips & Excursio s chapter gives you a taste of Cajun Country. Lonelyplanet.com/new-orleans visit website for up-to-the-minuta reviews, updates and traveler insights
Author: Naomi J. Williams
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374712476
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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The gripping story of a dramatic eighteenth-century voyage of discovery from Naomi J. Williams In her wildly inventive debut novel, Naomi J. Williams reimagines the historical La Pérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to circumnavigate the globe for science and the glory of France. Deeply grounded in historical fact but refracted through a powerful imagination, Landfalls follows the exploits and heartbreaks not only of the men on the ships but also of the people affected by the voyage-natives and other Europeans the explorers encountered, loved ones left waiting at home, and those who survived and remembered the expedition later. Each chapter is told from a different point of view and is set in a different part of the world-ranging from London to Tenerife, Alaska to remote South Pacific islands and Siberia, and eventually back to France. The result is a beautifully written and absorbing tale of the high seas, scientific exploration, human tragedy, and the world on the cusp of the modern era. By turns elegiac, profound, and comic, Landfalls reinvents the maritime adventure novel for the twenty-first century.
Author: Berlitz Guides
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782831577029
Category : New Orleans (La.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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With over 40 million copies sold world-wide, Berlitz Pocket Guides have long been renowned for their ease of use and portability by booksellers and travelers alike. Completely revised and updated, Pocket Guides continue to provide a world of information for travel at any budget -- and still fit into a pocket.Revised editions continue to be extensively rewritten, and feature brand new maps and striking new photography.Features of Berlitz Pocket Guides include: -- Practical advice for leisure and business travel-- Comprehensive sightseeing information, both the top sights and roads less traveled-- Selective but widely ranging hotel and restaurant recommendations-- Helpful website addresses-- Destination-specific language and culture tips-- Essential information on such topics as public transportation and tourist information offices-- Comprehensive recommendations for shopping, outdoor activities, and nightlife-- Four-color interior design and graphics-- Eye-catching, modern covers-- Color-coded quick reference sections-- Convenient fold-out cover maps
Author: Charles-César Robin
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780911116205
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Book Description
When C. C. Robin first came to America in 1803, he wrote a three-volume description of his travels in the West Indies, Pensacola, and Louisiana. The author of this unusual book was a scientist and writer of note, but the story of his life is veiled in mystery. His remarkable memoir, originally published only in French, is now available for the first time to English readers. Voyage to Louisiana recounts Robin's adventures in Pensacola, New Orleans, and the Attakapas and Ouachita country. He vividly describes the distinctive lifestyle and customs of the Louisiana Acadians and the New Orleans Creoles and provides a rare, tantalizing glimpse into the history of Colonial Louisiana.
Author: Winston Groom
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400095662
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Book Description
December 1814: its economy in tatters, its capital city of Washington, D.C., burnt to the ground, a young America was again at war with the militarily superior English crown. With an enormous enemy armada approaching New Orleans, two unlikely allies teamed up to repel the British in one of the greatest battles ever fought in North America.The defense of New Orleans fell to the backwoods general Andrew Jackson, who joined the raffish French pirate Jean Laffite to command a ramshackle army made of free blacks, Creole aristocrats, Choctaw Indians, gunboat sailors and militiamen. Together these leaders and their scruffy crew turned back a British force more than twice their number. Offering an enthralling narrative and outsized characters, Patriotic Fire is a vibrant recounting of the plots and strategies that made Jackson a national hero and gave the nascent republic a much-needed victory and surge of pride and patriotism.
