A lushly illustrated and complete history of Louisiana's shrimping industry

In recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most comple...

A harrowing account of coastal erosion, long neglect, and a man-made disaster in the Bayou State

Selected Book for the Louisiana Bicentennial Celebration, 2012In the year 1860, Jean-Pierre Cenac...

An incomparable historical record of a bayou’s many plantations, farms, and homesteads

First published in 1955, Oscar Winzerling's Acadian Odyssey has remained unsurpassed as a study o...

"e;Acadiana"e; summons up visions of a legendary and exotic world of moss-draped cypress,...

The incomparable history of a French family's founding legacy in the seafood industry of south Lo...

The first serious historical examination of a distinctive multiracial society of Louisiana

First published in 1955, Oscar Winzerling's Acadian Odyssey has remained unsurpassed as a study o...

Winner of the 2018 Louisiana Literary Award given by the Louisiana Library AssociationFor centuri...

"e;Acadiana"e; summons up visions of a legendary and exotic world of moss-draped cypress,...