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

• Autore: McNulty Ian <1973->
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.3
• Soggetto topico: Cajuns - Social life and customs
• Soggetto geografico: 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
• 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 pulsing in the country darkness; of cr
• Titolo autorizzato: Louisiana rambles
• ISBN: 1-283-06968-7; 9786613069689; 1-60473-947-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821955103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II