Louisiana Sojourns - Travelers' Tales and Literary Journeys

Informationen zum Autor Frank A. de Caro was a professor emeritus of English at Louisiana State University, where he taught for thirty-four years. A former president of the Louisiana Folklore Society and the first chairman of the Louisiana Folklife Commission, he was the author or editor of several books, including Re-Situating Folklore: Folk Contexts and Twentieth-Century Literature and Art, coauthored by Rosan Augusta Jordan. He lived in New Orleans. Klappentext A sweeping collection of observations and episodes penned by visitors to Louisiana from the 16th century to the 1990s. These 76 pieces include writings by well-known figures ranging from Mark Twain to William Least Heat Moon and less famous wayfarers. The combination of riveting first-person narratives and informative analyses provides an enormously enriching dimension to travel in Louisiana today. Illustrated.

Product details

• Authors: John James Audubon, F. A. De Caro, Frank (EDT)/ Jordan De Caro, R. A. Jordan
• Assisted by: Frank De Caro (Editor), Frank de Caro (Editor), Rosan Augusta Jordan (Editor)
• Publisher: Louisiana state univ pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1998
• EAN: 9780807122396
• ISBN: 978-0-8071-2239-6
• No. of pages: 581
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 254 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Reiseführer, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, USA Süden, Travel - United States, TRAVEL / United States / South / General