Product Description: Discovering Vintage New Orleans is a guide to all of the city’s timeless classic spots that take you back in time. The book spotlights the charming stories that tell you what each place is like now and how it got that way. It includes indexes that let you choose the places you want to visit by neighborhood, by category, and—naturally—by era...read more

Product Description: Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Pelican State has to offer!Whether you’re a born-and-raised Louisianan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Louisiana Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Louisiana native Bonnye Stuart takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sites in the Pelican State...read more

Product Description: From Baroness Pontalba to Kate Chopin to Mahalia Jackson, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana Women celebrates the women who shaped the Pelican State. Short, illuminating biographies and archvial photographs and paintings tell the stories of women from across the state who served as teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists...read more

Product Description: What happens when the mighty Mississippi River overflows its banks and changes directions? What college began with gambling money? Find the answers to these questions and more in "It Happened in New Orleans." Meet the voodoo queen, a baroness, a pirate and many more real-life characters who helped make New Orleans the famous city it is today...read more

Product Description: Discover some of the extraordinary women from Minnesota's past who helped shape the history of their state. Meet Martha Ripley, a doctor who was active in the suffrage movement and opened a women's hospital; Dorghild Dahl, who overcame blindness and wrote 13 children books; Mary Louise Sanford, who was officially named "Best-Loved Woman" in Minnesota; and many other women who impacted the history of Minnesota...read more