Louisiana Sojourns: Travelers' Tales and Literary JourneysFrank de Caro A sweeping collection of observations and episodes penned by visitors to Louisiana from the sixteenth century to the 1990s, Louisiana Sojourns is—much like the state itself—a wonder to behold in its sum, and in its particulars, full of surprise and delight. The seventy-six pieces that Frank A. de Caro has selected give readers a vivid sense of how Louisiana's unique blend of Old World, South, the exotic, and quintessential America has exerted a pull and hold on travelers. Included are writings by well-known figures such as Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, Kate Chopin, John Steinbeck, Frederick Law Olmsted, Walker Percy, William Faulkner, Simone de Beauvoir, Henry Miller, John James Audubon, Calvin Trillin, Zora Neale Hurston, A. J. Liebling, William Least Heat Moon, and Frederick Turner. Dozens of other wayfarers are represented as well. |
Contents
THE RIVER | 11 |
Flood | 38 |
ShowBoat | 46 |
The Invisible Corridor | 54 |
Travel Update | 61 |
NEW ORLEANS | 69 |
Real Jazz | 97 |
In the Quarter | 104 |
Frederick Law Olmsted | 280 |
The Fais Do Do at Mamou | 293 |
William Least Heat Moon | 300 |
Manner in Which the Survey Was Made | 337 |
Nothing But a Little Pissant | 350 |
Travel Update | 366 |
Moss Pickers of the Lafourche Interior | 381 |
Cruising the Marshes and Coast | 399 |
Between Trains | 110 |
Travel Update | 118 |
PLANTATION REALMS | 129 |
Magnolia Plantation | 147 |
Travel Update | 175 |
The Runaway | 189 |
The Cheerleaders | 207 |
Free People of Color | 226 |
THE WAR | 241 |
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