Download or read book Splendor in the Salt Grass written by Jim Labove and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cajun history preservationist Jim LaBove steps back into the salt marshes of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana within the pages of Splendor in the Salt Grass, the third and final chapter in his Salt Marsh Trilogy of books about bayou Cajun culture. This time, Jim sets aside the Cajun recipes that have framed his previous books to focus on detailed, intensely personal accounts of the people, traditions, and circumstances that shaped his youth and which defined a little-understood time and place in American history. Within the pages of Splendor in the Salt Grass, you'll learn about the hunting and fishing habits of the ancestors of the Acadian diaspora who settled along the Gulf, along with stories of specific people in Jim's life who exemplify the Cajun people's challenging but fulfilling lives. Jim's stories about nature, humanity, and persistence in the face of harship echo from the past and predict the current troubles of our present. As always, Jim's stories are complemented by his gorgeous field sketches of the animals, tools, and objects of everyday mid-20th-century Cajun life, taking you out of the pages of his book and deep into his remarkable past. You may even find some revelations about the origins of some of your favorite Cajun food within its chapters. In the salt marsh, things aren't always what they seem. Splendor in the Salt Grass completes the Salt Marsh Trilogy of books Jim has written to celebrate untold stories in Cajun culture. The first book in the series (Cotton's Seafood) was released in 2016. It focused on Jim's recollections of his parents' lives, work, and recipes, and took its name from his father Cotton's seafood business. In 2017, this was followed by Sketches of My Cajun life, an art book and supplemental entry in the series featuring a new collection of Jim's grouped field sketches, grouped by subjects relevant to Cajun interests. Along with a second art book, 2018 saw the release of his second trilogy entry: Sunrise Over Keith Lake, a meditation on the lives of his aunt, uncle, and cousins framed by the fate of the "Sabine Light" lighthouse, a once-important resource for marine commerce that is at a risk of being lost to the past.
Download or read book Suddenly a Mortal Splendor written by Alexander Blackburn and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money, power and the games people play are portrayed in this picaresque examination of one man and the survival of his innocence and ideals in a ruthless and confusing world. Considered a literary work.
Download or read book The Selected Poetry and Prose of Vittorio Sereni written by Vittorio Sereni and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most important Italian poets of the last century, Vittorio Sereni (1913–83) wrote with a historical awareness unlike that of any of his contemporaries. A poet of both personal and political responsibility, his work sensitively explores life under fascism, military defeat and imprisonment, and the resurgence of extreme right-wing politics, as well as the roles played by love and friendship in the survival of humanity. The first substantial translation of Sereni’s oeuvre published anywhere in the world, The Selected Poetry and Prose of Vittorio Sereni is a unique guide to this twentieth-century poet. A bilingual edition, reissued in paperback for the poet’s centenary, it collects Sereni’s poems, criticism, and short fiction with a full chronology, commentary, bibliography, and learned introduction by British poet and scholar Peter Robinson.
Download or read book Cotton s Seafood written by Jim Labove and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cotton's Seafood is a Cajun autobiographical cookbook. From crawfish boils to cooking shows, from folk art to family traditions, interest in Cajun culture has never been greater. But how Cajun do you really want to be? Spanning five years of research, interviews, writing, and planning, Cotton's Seafood is a cookbook like no other. Throughout the book, Jim LaBove recounts the story of his childhood in the mid-20th century, documenting an oft-overlooked segment of Cajun culture: Bayou Cajuns, the descendants of Acadian immigrants who settled in the marshy coasts of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Along the way, Jim shares a wide variety of authentic Cajun recipes from his mother Cora, using the ingredients and methods available to the people in the area at the time. The dishes are deeply tied to Jim's memory of bayou Cajun life in the salt marshes of Southeast Texas. As you learn to cook gumbo, court-bouillon, peach cobbler, and much more like a true Cajun, you will also learn about the rough but rewarding lifestyle that inspired the people who codified these dishes. The book is named after Cotton's Seafood, a locally-renowned fishing and shrimping company that Jim's father Cotton founded in the early 20th century. Gorgeously illustrated with Jim's field sketches, contemporary photographs, and maps of bayou Cajun territory. Exhaustively researched. Lovingly detailed. This is our family legacy, printed and bound. We could not be more proud of it, and we cannot wait to share it with you.
Download or read book Marjory Stoneman Douglas written by Marjory Stoneman Douglas and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Minnesota in 1890 and raised and educated in Massachusetts, Marjory Stoneman Douglas came to Florida in 1915 to work for her father, who had just started a newspaper called the Herald in a small town called Miami. In this "frontier" town, she recovered from a misjudged marriage, learned to write journalism and fiction and drama, took on the fight for feminism and racial justice and conservation long before those causes became popular, and embarked on a long and uncommonly successful voyage into self-understanding. Way before women did this sort of thing, she recognized her own need for solitude and independence, and built her own little house away from town in an area called Coconut Grove. She still lives there, as she has for over 40 years, with her books and cats and causes, emerging frequently to speak, still a powerful force in ecopolitics. Marjory Stoneman Douglas begins this story of her life by admitting that "the hardest thing is to tell the truth about oneself" and ends it stating her belief that "life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or a longer life, are not necessary." The voice that emerges in between is a voice from the past and a voice from the future, a voice of conviction and common sense with a sense of humor, a voice so many audiences have heard over the years—tough words in a genteel accent emerging from a tiny woman in a floppy hat—which has truly become the voice of the river.
Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Download or read book The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From the Fabric of My Mind written by Thomas Fullmer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “From the Fabric of My Mind” is a book of poetry which reflects my life’s experience. The poems reflect a journey to inner awareness and self-actualization. The poems reflect observations of the world around me, and the people who have touched my life. One of those people is my dear wife, Barbara Ann, who passed away this past September due to complications brought on by a debilitating disease. She fought to stay with us, but in the end her liver failure took her life. This has left a hole in my heart which can never be filled. The pain she endured was beyond anything I could imagine, but some of poetry might come close. Overall, the poems in this book of poetry are an expression of my inner truth. They come from the Fabric of My Mind, as the title suggest, but they also come from the fabric of my heart and soul, the mind being the interface of heart, soul, and body. We think, but we also feel, and if we can feel deeply enough we come to know who we truly are. I am a widower, but I am also a father and grandfather who is trying to fill a space in my kid’s and grandkid’s hearts, now that their mother and grandmother is gone. In a way many of these poems reflect the love shared within the circle of my little family. I hope those who read can find a certain amount of wisdom and truth in what they read.
Download or read book Sanctuary written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seven Gothic Tales written by Isak Dinesen and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1934, Seven Gothic Tales, the first book by "one of the finest and most singular artists of our time" (The Atlantic), is a modern classic. Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, and Poe.
Download or read book Webster s New World Thesaurus written by Charlton Laird and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized alphabetically for easy access, a revised edition of the best-selling reference provides synonyms, general words, and antonyms, as well as slang terms, colloquial expressions, technical terms, and the most recent scientific and medical terminology.
Download or read book Leaves of Grass written by Walt Whitman and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Nexus Infinitas written by Sphyrex Shobol and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nexus Infinitas is the most important example of apocalyptic literature written on the Earth since Saint John the Divine penned Revelation. Skeptical? Read it and discover the truth—or be left behind.
Download or read book John the Fool written by Charles Tenney Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hetty s Strange History written by Helen Hunt Jackson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-23 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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