Download or read book Weird Louisiana written by Roger Manley and published by Sterling. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential travel guide to the land of voodoo, hoodoo, and backwater bayous, "Weird Louisiana" reveals everything weird, wacky, and wonderful about this state.
Download or read book Secret New Orleans A Guide to the Weird Wonderful and Obscure written by Mark Aspiazu, James Corbyn, and Angela Papke Aspiazu and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where in New Orleans can you can bathe in Napoleon’s bathtub, step through a time machine, or eat dinner with a ghost? What religion is even stranger than Voodoo? Why take your laundry to the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll? What is the one (delicious!) drink that makes every bartender cringe? There is no denying that New Orleans is more than just another city . . . she is truly an enigma. New Orleans is a place where struggle gives way to decadence and revelry, moss-dripped southern oaks whisper tales of dueling and murder, and long-held traditions baffle—and even appall—outsiders. With this guide, readers can seek out Calas at Elizabeth’s Restaurant and learn how this simple sweet enabled enslaved women to buy their freedom, see how Hurricane Katrina ravaged a typical home at the Flooded House Museum, and discover how Josie Arlington, the city’s most famous madam, mocked her dissenters even in death while basking in the beauty of her ornate tomb in Metairie Cemetery. Secret New Orleans is an intriguing collection of obscure people, artifacts, places, and menu items that lifts the hazy veil of The Big Easy and unmasks some of its most amazingly true stories, proving to be valuable reading for visitors and locals alike!
Download or read book The Hard to Believe but True Book of Louisiana History Mystery Trivia Legend Lore Humor and More written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strange True Stories of Louisiana written by George W. Cable and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George W. Cable
Download or read book Haunted Lafayette Louisiana written by Cheré Dastugue Coen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover this Cajun and Creole city where ghost stories abound . . . photos included! The Hub City boasts a multitude of spirits and specters, from those lost in Civil War skirmishes and fever outbreaks to those souls that simply can’t say goodbye. Today, they wander the halls of bed-and-breakfasts and restaurants and linger along back roads and cemeteries. Pirates are rumored to guard buried treasure, and ancient French legends hide in the swamps, bayous, and woods. Join journalist and ghost seeker Cheré Dastugue Coen as she visits Lafayette’s haunted sites and travels the countryside in search of ghostly legends found only in South Louisiana.
Download or read book Signposts in a Strange Land written by Walker Percy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At his death in 1990, Walker Percy left a considerable legacy of uncollected nonfiction. Assembled in Signposts in a Strange Land, these essays on language, literature, philosophy, religion, psychiatry, morality, and life and letters in the South display the imaginative versatility of an author considered by many to be one the greatest modern American writers.
Download or read book Louisiana s Unsolved Mysteries written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Louisiana Saturday Night written by Alex V. Cook and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From backwoods bars and small-town dives to swampside dance halls and converted clapboard barns, Louisiana Saturday Night offers an anecdotal history and experiential guidebook to some of the Gumbo State's most unique blues, Cajun, and zydeco clubs. Music critic Alex V. Cook uncovers south Louisiana's wellspring of musical tradition, showing us that indigenous music exists not as an artifact to be salvaged by preservationists, but serves as a living, breathing, singing, laughing, and crying part of Louisiana culture. Louisiana Saturday Night takes the reader to both offbeat and traditional venues in and around Baton Rouge, Cajun country, and New Orleans, where we hear the distinctive voices of musicians, patrons, and owners -- like Teddy Johnson, born in the house that now serves as Teddy's Juke Joint. Along the way, Cook ruminates on the cultural importance of the people and places he encounters, and shows their critical role in keeping Louisiana's unique music alive. A map, a journal, a snapshot of what goes on in the little shacks off main roads, Louisiana Saturday Night provides an indispensable and entertaining companion for those in pursuit of Louisiana's quirky and varied nightlife.
Download or read book Louisiana Curiosities written by Bonnye Stuart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Pelican State has to offer! Whether you’re a born-and-raised Louisianan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Louisiana Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Louisiana native Bonnye Stuart takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sites in the Pelican State. Track down some serious fun, from watching lawnmower racing and petting live alligators to attending a prison rodeo and dancing at a powwow. Feast your way through festivals that celebrate the state’s cultural diversity and local crops, from fiery Cajun gumbo to sweet mayhaw jelly—and stop in at the local wineries and microbreweries to quench your thirst. Learn about the darker side of Louisiana as you tour haunted plantations, mysterious mansions, and spooky cemeteries.
Download or read book 13 A Collection of Horror and Weird Fiction written by Michael Boatman and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2016-02-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13 is a collection of horror stories reflecting various elements of the American Dream. But here, the Dream has been twisted beyond easy recognition. These tales of Americana gone hideously and sometimes hysterically wrong feature a dark parade of misunderstood monsters, homicidal heroes, invading aliens, media-friendly fiends, rogue presidents… and even an occasional zombie. Like the funhouse mirrors in a carnival for crackheads, these stories reflect (and distort) the diversity of ills faced by a spinning roulette wheel of alternate Americas. Here you’ll find Americas that might have been or, perhaps, one that lurks, giggling and debauched, just over the next horizon. The inhabitants of these other Americas tell jokes that cut. One or two of them might carry a cream pie in one hand and a switchblade concealed down the backs of their pants. Their Home Sweet Horrors occupy strange colonies; realms that lie both within and outside traditional genre identifications, spanning the literary range from weird western, urban fantasy, comic crime, science- fiction and subtle political commentary (with cannibals.) There’s even a Christmas story, a tale of childhood survival featuring the last person you might reasonably expect to meet during the zombie apocalypse. In our reality, ever since the founding of the original thirteen colonies, the American Dream remains strong, of course; a clarion call to action for friends and enemies alike. Therefore, many of the stories in 13 can be enjoyed strictly for laughs. But in a nation fraught with environmental catastrophes, global conflicts, economic, religious and racial unrest, when the real monsters finally show up to check out the neighborhood… who’s to say the joke’s not on us? Stories included in this collection: The Flinch Hadley Shimmerhorn: American Icon Born Again Manny Miracle Is Alive and Well and Dying in the 29th Dimension! A Father’s Work Our Kind of People The Greenhouse Jimmy Sticks and the Outlaw Critter of Doom Across the Black Plains Christmastime in Zombietown Folds Survivor: Monster Island 2025 The Last American President
Download or read book Bayou Underground written by Dave Thompson and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A veteran music journalist explores rock-n-roll’s bayou roots in “a jolting 18-track joy ride [that] unlocks secrets and back-stories worth savoring” (The Wall Street Journal). The bayou of the American south—stretching from Houston, Texas, to Mobile, Alabama—is a world all its own, with a rich cultural heritage that has had an outsized influence on musicians across the globe. In this unique study of marsh music, Dave Thompson goes beyond the storied stomping grounds of New Orleans to discover secret legends and vivid mythology in the surrounding wilderness. In Bayou Underground, the people who have called the bayou home—such as Bob Dylan, Jerry Reed, Nick Cave, Bo Didley, a one-armed Cajun backwoodsman, and gator hunter named Amos Moses—are unearthed through their own words, their lives and music, and interviews with residents from the region. Included interviews with legendary musicians like Jerry Reed and Bo Didley, Bayou Underground is part travelogue, part social history, and part lament for a way of life that has now all but disappeared.
Download or read book Spooky New Orleans written by S. E. Schlosser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences under the New Orleans skies. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
Download or read book Weird Louisiana written by Roger Manley and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Author Roger Manley, dogged investigator of all things weird, drove down many a back road, chatting up locals in order to hear tales of strange stuff like ghosts, bottomless ponds, hubcap ranches, and abandoned insane asylums. Oftentimes, he'd get a response like this: "You said 'weird.' What's so weird about all that? You're talking reg'lar life here in Loosiana!" But more often than not, he would then hear about all kinds of genuine outrageousness by any standards." --Cover, p. 2.
Download or read book Haunted America FAQ written by Dave Thompson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (FAQ Pop Culture). Take a fast-paced survey of the ghosties, ghouls, and associated denizens of the country's haunted history with Haunted America FAQ . Tracing local ghost stories back to Native American legends and then forward through horror tales both ancient and modern, the book revisits some of the best known haunted locales, as well as some of the most obscure creepy places, in America. Delving deep into the cultural history of American hauntings, Haunted America FAQ includes chapters on ghostly books, movies, and television. Also included is an A-Z of reality-TV ghost hunts and a state-by-state gazetteer of haunted spots.
Download or read book Strange Talk written by Gavin Jones and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-10-19 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late-nineteenth-century America was crazy about dialect: vernacular varieties of American English entertained mass audiences in "local color" stories, in realist novels, and in poems and plays. But dialect was also at the heart of anxious debates about the moral degeneration of urban life, the ethnic impact of foreign immigration, the black presence in white society, and the female influence on masculine authority. Celebrations of the rustic raciness in American vernacular were undercut by fears that dialect was a force of cultural dissolution with the power to contaminate the dominant language. In this volume, Gavin Jones explores the aesthetic politics of this neglected "cult of the vernacular" in little-known regionalists such as George Washington Cable, in the canonical work of Mark Twain, Henry James, Herman Melville, and Stephen Crane, and in the ethnic writing of Abraham Cahan and Paul Laurence Dunbar. He reveals the origins of a trend that deepened in subsequent literature: the use of minority dialect to formulate a political response to racial oppression, and to enrich diverse depictions of a multicultural nation.
Download or read book The Rude Pundit s Almanack written by Lee Papa and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ultimate Blood written by Dawn Maxwell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All sixteen-year-old Alec Somers wants to do is catchwaves with his friends. Unfortunately for him, hisfathers job is taking the family from California toLouisianaa swampland rumored to be rampant withwiccans, vampires, and swamp creatures called wookies.As he bids farewell to his friends, Alec cannot help butwonder if the legends are really true. Already hauntednightly by vivid nightmares that seem to foretell ofdanger, Alec is about to find out. Strange things begin happening as soon as Alec arrivesin the airport and is greeted by a creepy old man whowarns him to beware of the wookies. Despite theforeboding feelings that overwhelm him, Alec startsschool with a positive attitude. But after he meetsBuba, a quiet teenager who others call a wiccan, Alecsnightmares become more intense as he unintentionallybegins to uncover the dark secrets of the swamplands.As he slowly develops an insatiable thirst for blood,Alec soon realizes it is too late to turn back. In this tale full of suspenseful twists and turns, a teenageboy caught in the middle of an ancient battle betweenvampires and wookies must somehow summon thecourage to stop an evil plan before vampires are wipedout from existence forever.
