A New Orleans Voudou Priestess - The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau

Informationen zum Autor Carolyn Morrow Long is research associate at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Klappentext Legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power! beauty! charisma! showmanship! intimidation! and shrewd business sense! Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity! nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners! and her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication! Carolyn Morrow Long explores the unique social! political! and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans. Zusammenfassung Legendary for a combination of spiritual power! beauty! charisma! showmanship! intimidation! and shrewd business sense! Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity. This book explores social! political! and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Morrow Long, University Press of Florida
• Publisher: University Press Of Florida
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2007
• EAN: 9780813032146
• ISBN: 978-0-8130-3214-6
• No. of pages: 294
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies