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Bibliography of Southeastern Louisiana History
Children's Literature on Louisiana
Links to Southeastern Louisiana Tourism and Preservation
Links to Southeastern Louisiana Historic Sites

Bibliography of Southeastern Louisiana History

Ancelet, Barry Jean, Glen Pitre, Jay Edwards, and Lynwood Montell, ed.. Cajun Country (Folklife in the South Series). University Press of Mississippi. 1991.

Bannon, Lois Elmer, Martha Yancey Carr, Gwen Anders Edwards, and Winifred Evans Byrd. Magnolia Mound: A Louisiana River Plantation. Gretna, LA: Firebird Press. 1984.

Bearss, Edwin C., ed. A Louisiana Confederate: Diary of Felix Pierre Poche. Louisiana Studies Institute, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, 1972.

Bourgeois, Lillian C. Cabanocey: The History, Customs and Folklore of St. James Parish (Louisiana Parish Histories Series). Gretna, LA: Firebird Press. 1999.

Caughey, John Walton, and Jack D. L. Holmes. Bernardo De Galvez in Louisiana 1776-1783 (Louisiana Parish Histories Series). Gretna, LA: Firebird Press. 1999.

Dietrich, Dick, and Joseph A. Arrigo. Louisiana's Plantation Homes: The Grace and Grandeur. Voyageur Press. 1991.

Ellis, Frederick S., and Walker Percy. St. Tammany Parish: L'Autre Cote Du Lac (Louisiana Parish Histories Series). Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. 1999.

Fricker, Jonathan, Donna Fricker and Patricia L. Duncan. Louisiana Architecture: A Handbook on Styles. Lafayette, LA: Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1998.

Gayarre, Charles E., William Beer, and Grace King. History of Louisiana (Louisiana Parish Histories Series). Gretna, LA: Firebird Press. 1999.

Gehman, Mary. Touring Louisiana's Great River Road: From Angola North to Venice South. New Orleans, LA: Margaret Media, Inc. 2004.

Gehman, Mary. The Free People of Color of New Orleans: An Introduction. New Orleans, LA: Margaret Media, Inc. 1994.

Gilbert C. Din, ed. The Spanish Presence in Louisiana, 1763-1803 (The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History, Vol II). University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 1996.

Goins, Charles Robert, and John Michael Caldwell. Historical Atlas of Louisiana. University of Oklahoma Press. 1995 .

Hair, William Ivy. The Kingfish and his Realm: The Life and Times of Huey P. Long. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1991.

Hyde, Samuel C. Jr. Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996.

Johnson, Marael. Louisiana Why Stop?: A Guide to Louisiana's Roadside Historical. Markers Gulf Publishing Company. 1996.

Jolly, Ellen Roy, and James Calhoun The Pelican Guide to the Louisiana Capitol. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. 1980.

Kein, Sybil. Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2000.

Louisiana Folklife Program, Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism and Center for Regional Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University. Folklife in the Florida Parishes. Baton Rouge: The Program, 1989.

Malone, Lee, and Paul Malone. Louisiana Plantation Homes: A Return to Splendor. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1986.

Malone, Lee, and Paul Malone. The Majesty of the Felicianas. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. 1989.

Malone, Lee, and Paul Malone. The Majesty of the River Road. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. 1988.

Poesch, Jessie, and Barbara Sorelle Bacot eds. Louisiana Buildings, 1720-1940 : The Historic American Buildings Survey. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1997.

Rehder, John B. Delta Sugar: Louisiana's Vanishing Plantation Landscape (Creating the North American Landscape). Johns Hopkins University Press. 1999.

Roland, Charles P., and John David Smith. Louisiana Sugar Plantations During the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1997.

Sexton, Richard, Alex S. MacLean, and Eugene Darwin Cizek. Vestiges of Grandeur: The Plantations of Louisiana's River Road. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999.

Smith, J. Frazier and Leicester B. Holland. Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South. Dover Pubs., 1994.

Sternberg, Mary Ann. Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996.

Tregle, Joseph George. Louisiana in the Age of Jackson: A Clash of Cultures and Personalities. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1999.

Williams, T. Harry. Huey Long. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.

Winters, John D. The Civil War in Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 1991.

Louisiana Children's Literature

Adams, Janus. A mystical journey into Cajun country. Wilton, CN.: BackPax International, 1986. (24 pg. book and cassette)

Bial, Raymond. Cajun home. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. (48 pgs)

Daigle, Pierre V. Tears, Love, and Laughter: The Story of the Acadians Church Point, LA : Acadian Pub. Enterprise, 1980. (162 pgs.)

de Varona, Frank. Bernardo de Galvez. Austin, TX: Steck-Vaughn, Co., 1993. (32 pgs.)

Duey, Kathleen Amelina Carrett, Bayou Grand Coeur, Louisiana, 1863. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999. (137 pgs.)

Fradin, Dennis B. Louisiana in words and pictures. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1981. (47 pgs.)

Weber, Valerie and Geneva Lewis. Home life in grandma's day. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 1999. (32 pgs)

Welsbacher, Anne. Louisiana. Minneapolis, MN: Abdo & Daughters, 1998. (32 pgs.)

Links to Southeastern Louisiana Tourism and Preservation

Foundation for Historical Louisiana
A statewide non-profit organziation that promotes the preservation of the cultural and architectural heritage of Louisiana through education, advocacy, and stewardship. They offer specialized group tours to Louisiana's magnificent historic sites and cultural treasures through Lagniappe Tours.

Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
Find further information on the programs and role of the Louisiana State Historic Preservation Office.

Louisiana Office of Tourism
Tourist information on events, attractions, travel, and tourism throughout the state of Louisiana

Louisiana Office of State Parks
Information about the accessibility and history of state parks, historic sites, and preservation areas.

Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University
The Center serves as a research facility committed to preserving and promoting the history and the cultures of Louisiana's Florida Parishes, southwestern Mississippi, and surrounding areas through scholarly research, lectures, and publishing.

Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
This Center enhances cultural and eco-tourism in Louisiana through the individual and collaborative research of faculty members, external collaborations (public and private), and funded projects on specific issues in tourism.

Lower Mississippi American Heritage River
Visit the section of the White House website dedicated to this section of the Mississippi that has been designated as an American Heritage River by President Clinton.

National Trust for Historic Preservation
Learn about the programs of and membership in the oldest national non-profit preservation organization.

National Park Service Office of Tourism
National parks have been interwoven with tourism from their earliest days. This website highlights the ways in which the NPS promotes and supports sustainable, responsible, informed, and managed visitor use through cooperation and coordination with the tourism industry.

National Scenic Byways Program
This website, maintained by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, includes information on state and nationally designated byway routes throughout America based on their archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, and scenic qualities. Visit the America’s Byways Great River Road website for more ideas.

Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itineraries 
Other travel itineraries in the National Park Service's ongoing series include many historic destinations that you can visit online or in person.  Each itinerary spotlights a different geographic region, community, or theme.

Teaching with Historic Places
This website, maintained by the National Park Service, offers online classroom-ready place-based lesson plans created by historians and educators to help teachers use historic places in the classroom.  Each lesson is linked to national standards for history and the social studies.

Links to Southeastern Louisiana Historic Sites

Afton Villa Gardens

Bocage Plantation

Camp Moore
This website features several photographs and a history of this historic site

Centenary College
Part of the State Parks website, this site provide historic and tourist information

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
The official university website including information for visitors

Louisiana State Capitol
Further information on this twentieth century state capitol

Magnolia Mound Plantation
Several pages of information, photographs and a virtual tour of this plantation.

Old Louisiana State Capitol
Website for Louisiana's Old State Capitol Center for Political and Governmental History

Old Louisiana Governor's Mansion
Further information on the mansion's history and architecture.

Oakley Plantation House
The website for the Audubon Memorial Park, of which Oakley is a part, has further information on this park and the history of the house

Plaquemine Lock
Operated by State Parks, the Plaquemine Lock is open to the public, and this site provides further information on the operation of development and operation of this lock

Port Hudson
History and information on this historic site operated by State Parks

Rosedown Plantation
History and information on this historic site operated by State Parks

Salmen House
Further information on this historic property

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