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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821955103321

Autore

McNulty Ian <1973->

Titolo

Louisiana rambles : exploring America's Cajun and Creole heartland / / Ian McNulty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2011

ISBN

1-283-06968-7

9786613069689

1-60473-947-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

976.3

Soggetti

Cajuns - Social life and customs

Louisiana Description and travel

Louisiana Social life and customs

Louisiana Guidebooks

Gulf Coast (La.) Description and travel

Gulf Coast (La.) Social life and customs

Gulf Coast (La.) Guidebooks

Mississippi River Delta (La.) Description and travel

Mississippi River Delta (La.) Social life and customs

Mississippi River Delta (La.) Guidebooks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: Rambles and Revelations; PART I: EAST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA; PART II: WEST OF THE ATCHAFALAYA; APPENDIX: RAMBLE ON: Notes on Trips and Travel Resources; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

After Hurricane Katrina laid bare the fragility and environmental peril of south Louisiana, author Ian McNulty set out on a series of daytrips to delve into the area's diverse cultural landscapes. He explored communities staked up and down the Mississippi River, nestled into the teeming bayous, braced along the edge of the Gulf, and planted out on the golden prairie stretching to the west. Louisiana Rambles is his richly evocative guide to those journeys. McNulty delivers an inimitable take on Cajun and Creole Louisiana-the siren call of zydeco dancehalls



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