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There’s just nowhere else but South Louisiana to find real knee-slapping, crowd-hooting Zydeco music. Even the big-city chefs can’t cook up a Cajun meal the way they do at the roadside restaurants deep in the bayous of Acadiana. Likewise, no other guide matches the amount of in-depth information presented in Cajun Country Guide. It’s a study of Cajuns that tells visitors how to find the sights, sounds, and flavors of one of America’s most culturally unique regions.
Chef Paul Prudhomme refers to Frank Davis as the “number-one authority on cooking and eating the fresh fish in Louisiana.” He has written the definitive books on cooking seafood and now Frank Davis reveals how and where to catch the big ones. Paperback.
Hot spots and cool cocktails fill the pages of this essential guide to the best drinking neighborhood in America: the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Part travelogue, part guidebook, and part exposé, this hip and informative guide will introduce every watering hole of note in the French Quarter. From the seersucker-friendly Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone to the sordid hangouts along the back streets of the Quarter to the iconic and down-to-earth Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, the authors visit them all, providing a bar-side review of the music, drinks, patrons, and décor.
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Newly revised and updated, this installment in the much-acclaimed Ghost Hunter’s Guide Series is designed for locals, new residents, and travelers seeking the haunted history of the Crescent City and nearby locations. Detailed descriptions and historical background for more than two hundred locations guide readers to sites where they might encounter ghostly apparitions.
Sites and spirits in the Garden District and French Quarter include the ghosts of voodoo priestesses, victims of yellow-fever epidemics, several well-known French Quarter restaurants, and the famous Lalaurie Mansion, thought to be the most haunted house in New Orleans. A section on City Park, the Faubourg Marigny, and nearby Chalmette, the site of the Battle of New Orleans, is also provided. A chapter dedicated to day trips suggests the paranormal possibilities awaiting travelers destined for the famous River Road plantations and Baton Rouge.
The buildings of Louisiana’s state capital are a continuing monument to its history. Each of the city’s celebrated structures has a story to tell in this collection of more than fifty profiles. Included in each building’s description are additions, renovations, and residents’ personalities. The assassination of Gov. Huey P. Long and his subsequent burial in the English gardens of the Louisiana Capitol and the rare Greek Revival-styling of Santa Maria Plantation are some of the featured characteristics of these storied Baton Rouge buildings.
Who were the top twenty athletes from Louisiana before 1981? Names like Terry Bradshaw and Pete Maravich are some who come to mind. Find out their stories, as well as the stories of eighteen other Louisiana athletes. How did these sportsmen start out, and what adversities did they face? Paperback.
The updated edition of this Marmac Guide includes Dallas’s surrounding cities of Fort Worth, Plano, Garland, Irving, and Richardson. With more shopping centers per capita than any other major U.S. city, Dallas hosts more than 13 million visitors annually. Whether they are shopping, sightseeing, going to sporting events, or attending one of the city’s three thousand conventions, most of these guests enjoy their time in what is still one of the friendliest states in the country.
For the businessman, newcomer, or visitor, A Marmac Guide to Houston and Galveston provides information on population, services, recreation, accommodations, restaurants, and main attractions.
Perfect for tourists visiting Louisiana for Francofête (the state’s 300th anniversary celebration), Congres Mondial, or any other reason, Memoires de Lafayette presents fifteen historic attractions of the Capital of Acadiana.
Also available in English.
Perfect for tourists visiting Louisiana for Francofête (the state’s 300th anniversary celebration), Congrès Mondial, or any other reason, Memoires of St. Martinville presents fifteen historic attractions of Evangeline’s Louisiana hometown, perhaps the most French of Cajun cities.
Perfect for tourists visiting Louisiana for Francofête (the state’s 300th anniversary celebration), Congres Mondial, or any other reason, Memories of Lafayette presents fifteen historic attractions of the Capital of Acadiana.
Also available in French.
Perfect for tourists visiting Louisiana for Francofête (the state’s 300th anniversary celebration), Congrès Mondial, or any other reason, Memories of St. Martinville presents fifteen historic attractions of Evangeline’s Louisiana hometown, perhaps the most French of Cajun cities.
Following his book, The French Quarter and Other New Orleans Scenes, pen and ink artist Joseph Arrigo, a native New Orleanian, has compiled this collection of sketches from such gulf coast cities as Gulfport, Biloxi, and Ocean Springs. Each of his illustrations is accompanied by a description explaining its significance. Paperback.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune says that photographer Kerri McCaffety “knows how to capture the fleeting beauty of a moment,” and once again she does so in a stunning visual exploration of the Crescent City after hours. When the sun sets over the Mississippi River and the streets begin to glow beneath the warmth of the city’s antique gaslights, the beauty of New Orleans is at its peak. The unique architectural gems of the Garden District, up and down Canal Street, and woven throughout the French Quarter almost require that they be revered under the cover of darkness.
Just as residents of New Orleans have long held a reputation as individuals who are vibrant and full of life, so has the city’s architecture been revered for its intimate detail and grandeur. From the popular buildings of the French Quarter to the lesser-known gems of the Bywater, the Crescent City is filled with exquisite historical structures that families have lovingly tended and proudly called home for centuries.