Avoyelles: Crossroads of Louisiana Where All Cultures Meet [Hardcover]

Sue Eakin (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1999

The parish has a rich history begun by people of many different descents--French, Spanish, English, Scotch-Irish, German, Italian, and Jewish--coming together in mutual respect and peace, but not without the ups and downs that come with the human condition. The books takes the reader on six tours through Avoyelles, from the towns of Marksville and Cocoville to Lake Pearl and Cottonport, giving the reader a penned as well as pictorial background of life in the parish as well as the culture that still thrives within them. Members of the executive board of La Commission des Avoyelles have combed the sections of their parish to bring forth the written and oral history and every old picture that could be found. Brought together in a masterful collection, the pieces document Avoyelles parish, its beginning, its development, and its present.

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About the Author

Dr. Sue Eakin saw her first copy of Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave: 1841-1853 when she was twelve years old. Years later, as a graduate student at Louisiana State University, she chose the book as the topic for her thesis. A resident of Bunkie, Louisiana, near the plantation where the events in the book take place, Dr. Eakin also is coauthor of Pelican's textbook, Louisiana: The Land and Its People, now in its fifth edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing (December 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565546172
• ISBN-13: 978-1565546172
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,287,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)