During the nineteenth century, New Orleans won and stoutly defended a reputation for amusement and dissipation that made it distinct among American cities. Exquisite cuisine, theaters, casinos, and private clubs attracted the affluent, while gambling dens, saloons, public ballrooms, cockfights, and ten-pin alleys drew the masses. In the antebellum period, organized sports were added to the numerous diversions already available. This book, on a neglected aspect of American social life, treats an important facet of Louisiana history and shows how the growth of cities contributed to the emergence of a leisure ethic. Professor Somers explains the reasons for the rapidly growing interest in sports, their impact on the cityï¿½s social and economic life, and their effect upon race relations and the emancipation of women. In the space of some fifty years sports, moved from a minor to a major role in the cityï¿½s play habits. By the turn of the century, sports played an unprecedented part in the daily lives of New Orleanians and thousands of other Americans.

Rise of Sports in New Orleans, 1850-1900

History

Somers Ph.D., Dale

Americas

Pelican Publishing

A version in Cajun dialect of the famous poem, "The Night Before Christmas," set in a Louisiana bayou.

Cajun Night Before Christmas

Trosclair) Jacobs, Howard (editor)

Children's Books

The Delta Queen: Last of the Paddlewheel Palaces [Jun 01, 1973] August Perez &amp; Associates. ...

The Delta Queen: last of the paddlewheel palaces,

Engineering & Transportation

August Perez & Associates

Transportation

This unique collection of Cajun recipes (and humor) will surely set your imagination on the right track, "I garontee." Recipes for everything from the perfect roux to Eggplant Appetizer a la Justin are included.

The Justin Wilson Cook Book

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Wilson, Justin

Cooking Methods

Take 139 leading editorial cartoonists from the United States and Canada, inspire their creative talents with the major political issues of 1973, and the result is this provocative pictorial history of one of the Twentieth Centuryï¿½s most tumultuous years.
This, the second volume of the series, features the graphic commentary of virtually every major editorial cartoonist working in North America today, including twelve Pulitzer Prize winners. Topics range from Watergate, the energy crisis, and Americaï¿½s returning POWs, to a score of other events and issues.
The 375 editorial cartoons contained in this workï¿½at once biting, perceptive, and humorousï¿½represent the most outstanding examples of the art from a variety of mediaï¿½newspapers, magazines, television, and cartoon syndicatesï¿½and reflect a broad range of political thought and conviction. Liberal and conservative, radical and middle-of-the-roadï¿½virtually every political philosophy finds expression within these pages.
The revelations of Watergate, of course, provided a fertile field of ideas for every editorial cartoonist during 1973, and some of this yearï¿½s outstanding works focused upon this and related topics. Many other issues, however, also claimed the attention of the general public and of editorial cartoonists as well: the emotion-packed return of hundreds of American POWs following years of imprisonment in North Vietnamese jails; the new war in the Middle East; President Nixonï¿½s battles with Congress and the press; the precedent-setting resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew; and a new trend in U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning obscenity and pornography.
As in the previous editions, this volume is edited by Charles Brooks, former president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and winner of numerous awards for cartooning excellence.

Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, 1974

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

These recipes are the products of 10 years of testing, tasting, and teaching in the popular Cathedral Cooking School in New Orleans. A cook book compiled by the staff of one of the nation's leading cooking schools has been published by Pelican Publishing Company. Entitled Cathedral Cooking School Cook Book , the volume includes traditional and Creole recipes taught during the past ten years in the nationally known Christ Church Cathedral Cooking School of New Orleans. Edited by Mrs. Lucy Core and Mrs. Clara Lyman, the 208-page book divides recipes into 14 types of food and includes a section of suggested full-course menus. Illustrating the work are sketches by Doris Kimball. According to the editors, the book is based on the premise that while cooking should be sophisticated, it should not be complicated.

Cathedral Cooking School Cookbook

Cooking Education & Reference

A region of intriguing history, serene natural beauty, and a magnificently varied landscape stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Pontchartrain—this is fascinating Jefferson Parish of Louisiana captured here by author- photographer Betsy Swanson.

Historic Jefferson Parish: From Shore to Shore (Parish Histories)

Swanson, Betsy

The magnificent artistry and craftmanship of eighteenth and nineteenth century clockmakers in the South has been recorded in this lavishly illustrated volume.

Dixie Clockmakers

Gibbs, James

Biographies & Memoirs

Harold George Scott captures the most memorable moments of Lelia Hallerï¿½s career with lavish illustrations and photographs. A pictorial biography of one of the twentieth centuryï¿½s most notable ballerinas, Lelia documents the career of the only American honored as premiï¿½re danseuse of the Paris Opï¿½ra. Leliaï¿½s experience in the world of dance takes her from beginnings in New Orleans to Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, England, and back to New Orleans, where she opened Studio de Danse. On these travels, she danced alongside other great dancers--such as Italian ballerina, Carlotta Zambelli--and trained under Russian ballet master, Nicolas Legat.

Lelia: The Compleat Ballerina

Scott MD, Harold

Humor & Entertainment

The Louisiana Capitol: Its Art and Architecture chronicles the efforts of those dreamers and builders who gave Louisiana its capitol building--from the inspiration of Huey Long to the only surviving member of the architectural trio contracted to build it--and explains the history and symbolism behind it.

Louisiana Capitol, The: Its Art And Architecture

Kubly, Vincent

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