Download or read book Louisiana written by Erna Brodber and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first American publication of Brodber's eagerly awaited third novel. In Louisiana: A Novel she explores her continuing fascination with the power of the past to live in the present. Here, Ella Townsend, a young African American anthropologist whose roots are Caribbean, researches Louisiana folklife and discovers not only the world of voodoo and carnival but also the mystical connection of the living and the dead. With her tape recorder she explores the rich heritage of Creole Louisiana, but Mammy, Ella's primary informant, dies during the project. Then from beyond the grave she continues to transmit messages. Although the academically minded Ella is dubious about the authenticity of the medium, gradually, as she confronts her prejudices, the tapes convey enriching mysteries about the past lives of Mammy and her friend Lowly. From this supernatural experience, Ella learns much about herself and her background. Louisiana celebrates the magico-religious culture of hoodoo, conjure, obeah, and myal. Like Brodber's previous works, Myal: A Novel and Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home, Louisiana reveals the author's fascinating gift of myth-making. The Louisiana of her title represents two places sharing the same name—the American state and Brodber's native parish in Jamaica. Through this blending of localities, Brodber shows how elements from the African diaspora are kept alive in the Creole culture of the Americas.
Download or read book Louisiana s Way Home written by Kate DiCamillo and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana Elefante’s granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn’t overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as Louisiana’s life becomes entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town — including a surly motel owner, a walrus-like minister, and a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder — she starts to worry that she is destined only for good-byes. (Which could be due to the curse on Louisiana's and Granny’s heads. But that is a story for another time.) Called “one of DiCamillo’s most singular and arresting creations” by The New York Times Book Review, the heartbreakingly irresistible Louisiana Elefante was introduced to readers in Raymie Nightingale — and now, with humor and tenderness, Kate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.
Download or read book Louisiana Called My Name written by Colleen O'Brien Arthur and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisiana Called My Name by Colleen O'Brien Arthur is an uplifting memoir about a woman who leaves San Francsico and moves to Louisiana. She falls in love with a lake, a man, and the Cajun culture. The book is full of her adventures from elk hunting in the Rockies to Scuba Diving in the Philippines. Her humor and passion for life will keep you turning the pages wanting more.
Download or read book Louisiana Napoleon and the United States written by Pierre-Clément de Laussat and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1989 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative first-time translation of the autobiography of Pierre-Clement de Laussat (1756-1835), offers a portrait of the middle-man in the transaction of 1803 which gave the United States the Louisiana territory. The life of this 'transfer agent' reads like a novel amply detailed with the love, pride, ambition, and courage that drove him to make a mark on history. Appointed by Napoleon in 1803 as Colonial Prefect for Louisiana and Commissioner General, Pierre-Clement de Laussat negotiated the cession of the Louisiana Territory to France from Spain and fended off the danger of foreign occupation and internal insurrections threatening Louisiana during the interim of the switch of control by the countries involved. It was he who represented France at the ceremonies of cession of Louisiana on December 20, 1803 and who received the French flag when it was lowered in Jackson Square to be replaced by the American colors. And it was he who continued to maintain peace in the newly-acquired territory until William C. Claiborn assumed governship for the United States. Translated with an introduction by Sister Agnes-Josephine Pastwa. Compiled by Sister Joan LaVerne Rutz.
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Download or read book When you find out where you are Call me written by Bill C. Burt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about Bill's career flying notable people from the business, sports and entertainment world, plus a mixture of he and his families adventure through life. This memoir reads a lot like fiction, but is actually true. Never boring, always challenging. I hope that each one that reads this book will be encouraged to being involved in life, be a participant and chase your dreams. Fasten your seatbelt and enhoy the ride!
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Download or read book Just Call Me Mike written by Mike Farrell and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the life of the actor famous for his role in the television series "M*A*S*H" and "Providence," and describes his interest in politics and human rights around the world.
Download or read book H R 4100 the Louisiana Recovery Corporation Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minutes of the Annual Session of the Louisiana Baptist State Convention written by Louisiana Baptist Convention and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 1438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louisiana Reports written by Louisiana. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Call Him Jehovah Jireh written by Donna S. Goodman and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in a storybook marriage, Author Donna Goodman, was awakened in the wee hours of the morning to the horror of her husband paralyzed as a result of a devastating stroke when he was only 43 years old. Life would never be the same. Six long weeks in the hospital with no home in which to return, yet God, generously, abundantly provided year after year in ways unimaginable. In this book, read in awe of how God was and is indeed Jehovah Jireh to the Goodman family. Trusting God’s promises to never leave her or forsake her, she clung desperately to her sons, church friends, God’s Word and hope! If life seems so overwhelming that you just can’t face another day, find the hope and inspiration you need to trust God with your future in ways that only He can. Not only can He bless you, but He can also use your story to be a blessing to others. “He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:4 HCSB
Download or read book American Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE CULTURE IN OUR NATION written by Marian Olivia Heath Griffin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No About the Book information at this time.
Download or read book Louisiana s Song written by Kerry Madden-Lunsford and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Livy Two is happy that Daddy is finally out of his coma, but the befuddled man who comes home is not the daddy the Weems family once knew. He forgets their names, he wanders off—he won’t even touch his beloved banjo. Set in Appalachia in 1963, this heartwarming, and heart-wrenching, follow-up to Gentle’s Holler is narrated by the irrepressible Livy Two, and traces the ups and downs of her large mountain family. Shy and awkward 11-year-old Louise (Louisiana) becomes the reluctant hero as she develops a talent for painting, takes care of Daddy, and shows a surprised Livy Two that sometimes the quietest sibling turns out to be the strongest.
Download or read book Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana written by Louisiana. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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