Excerpt - page 18: "... a drawing of Evangeline, an ethnic icon to more educated Cajuns, who viewed the fictional milkmaid as the personification of their culture. If the poet Longfellow had not enjoyed liberty, the advertisement ..."
Excerpt - Front Matter: "... who traditionally expressed their culture through food and music. It wasn't until Paul Prudhomme and his blackened redfish that the rest of the country became curious about everything Cajun. ..."