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Tables of Contents for Louisiana Sojourns
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xvii
The Importance of Passing Through: Traveler Writers in Louisiana
1
10
1 AMERICAN NILE: THE RIVER
11
58
Discovering the Mississippi's Mouth
14
2
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Vive le Roi: La Salle Reaches the Mississippi's Mouth
16
3
Jacques de la Metairie
A Near Ambush
19
2
Jean Bernard Bossu
Entrance of the Mississippi
21
3
Frances Trollope
Waiting for a Boat
24
2
Sir Charles Lyell
Steamboat Accommodations
26
5
Frederick Law Olmsted
Gambling on the River
31
4
George Devol
Castles and Plantations
35
3
Mark Twain
The 1927 Flood
38
8
Lyle Saxon
Show-Boat
46
5
Kent and Margaret Lighty
Canoeing the Mississippi
51
3
Eddy L. Harris
The Invisible Corridor
54
2
B. C. Hall
C. T. Wood
Travel Update
56
13
2 A SPLENDID BEDLAM OF A CITY: NEW ORLEANS
69
60
New Orleans in the 1760s
73
4
Philip Pittman
Where Human Life Can Be Enjoyed
77
1
William Darby
Congo Square
78
2
Benjamin Latrobe
Parrots, Spider-Monkeys, and Sun Umbrellas
80
1
Arthur Singleton
The Levee
81
1
Donald MacDonald
Rain and Mosquitoes
82
4
A. Oakey Hall
The French Quarter
86
3
George Augustus Sala
The French Market
89
5
Will H. Coleman
Episode
94
3
William Faulkner
Real Jazz
97
7
Simone de Beauvoir
In the Quarter
104
3
Walker Percy
New Orleans
107
3
Joy Harjo
Between Trains
110
8
George F. Scheer III
Travel Update
118
11
3 A HAUNTING THING: PLANTATION REALMS
129
56
A Visit to Valcour Aime Plantation
134
5
Eliza Ripley
St. James Parish Plantations
139
8
W.H. Russell
Magnolia Plantation
147
4
Edward King
Plantation Life in Southern Louisiana
151
4
Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg
"The Shadows"
155
13
Henry Miller
Weighing and Paying
168
7
Richard Schweid
Travel Update
175
10
4 TELLING THE STORY OF OUR LIVES: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESENCE
185
56
The Runaway
189
6
John James Audubon
Slave Markets
195
5
Fredrika Bremer
Fear of a Slave Uprising
200
1
Charles Cesar Robin
How the Slaves Celebrate Christmas
201
6
Solomon Northup
The Cheerleaders
207
11
John Steinbeck
A Certain Meeting South
218
8
Sherwood Anderson
Free People of Color
226
3
Frederick Law Olmsted
The Quadroon Ball
229
2
The Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
The Quadroon Ballroom
231
3
Frederick Turner
Travel Update
234
7
5 NEVER SO MANY TRAVEL ACCOUNTS: THE WAR
241
32
New Orleans, Just After Secession
244
2
W.H. Russell
Fleeing the Yankees
246
3
Eliza McHatton-Ripley
A Very Swarthy and Travel-Stained Warrior
249
9
James K. Hosmer
Christmas at Marksville
258
3
Joseph P. Blessington
Taking the Oath
261
6
Sarah Morgan Dawson
Travel Update
267
6
6 LAND PICTURESQUE AND FERTILE: CAJUN COUNTRY
273
50
The Acadian Coast
278
2
Charles Cesar Robin
Acadians
280
2
Frederick Law Olmsted
A Tour of the Acadian Country
282
11
Alcee Fortier
The Fais Do Do at Mamou
293
7
Emily Kimbrough
Cajun Music
300
5
William Least Heat Moon
South of the South
305
11
Frederick Turner
Travel Update
316
7
7 RED CLAY HILLS AND PINEY-WOODS: CENTRAL AND NORTH LOUISIANA
323
48
The Post of the Ouachita
327
4
Charles Cesar Robin
Crossing Central Louisiana
331
6
Amos A. Parker
Manner in Which the Survey Was Made
337
13
Samuel H. Lockett
Nothing But a Little Pissant
350
16
A.J. Liebling
Travel Update
366
5
8 WHERE ALL THINGS SEEM TO DREAM: BAYOU, MARSH, COAST
371
48
A World Apart
375
6
Ben Lucian Burman
Moss Pickers of the Lafourche Interior
381
12
Carolyn Ramsey
Dance of the Oyster Luggers
393
6
Christopher Hallowell
Cruising the Marshes and Coast
399
6
Matilda Charlotte Houstoun
Grand Isle
405
7
Charles Tenney Jackson
Sailing to Cheniere Caminada
412
5
Kate Chopin
Travel Update
417
2
9 SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE: WILDLIFE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
419
56
Ibis-Shooting in Louisiana
424
9
Anonymous
Alligator Hunting
433
5
Clifton Johnson
In the Louisiana Canebrakes
438
10
Theodore Roosevelt
On the Road with John James Audubon
448
7
Mary Durant
Michael Harwood
Traveling on the Natural and Scenic Streams System
455
9
C.C. Lockwood
Travel Update
464
11
10 COWBOY'S SHANGRI-LA: FESTIVALS, FEASTS, AND OTHER DIVERSIONS
475
50
A Journey Through Mardi Gras
480
16
Lyle Saxon
Country Mardi Gras
496
4
Harnett T. Kane
A Cockfight
500
6
Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg
Bonfires on the Levee
506
3
Hope J. Norman
An Attempt to Compile the Definitive History of Didee's Restaurant
509
9
Calvin Trillin
Travel Update
518
7
11 THE WORLD OF THE SPIRITS
525
42
Holy Week
528
4
Benjamin Latrobe
Cities of the Dead
532
2
A. Oakey Hall
The Element of True African Worship
534
4
Fredrika Bremer
A Voodoo Dance
538
7
Charles Dudley Warner
A Voodoo Initiation
545
11
Zora Neale Hurston
Travel Update
556
11
Index
567