Louisiana Books

This is the current textbook being used in Louisiana schools for the 8th grade social studies program. Great text, lots of excellent images, charts, etc.

mr. guste makes the cuisine of my home state easy and good for you. the moment i got the book i could start cooking right away. common ingredients and simple preparation are key here. and the nutrition information included with each recipe and menu plan are invaluable if you're watching what you eat. i'm so pleased to own this cookbook, and i know i'll use it many times in the near and distant future.

Reviewed by Mary Greenwood for Reader Views (2/07)

"Louisiana, Off the Beaten Path" is a recent guide to Louisiana written by Gay N. Martin, who has written earlier versions of this guidebook as well as guidebooks for Alabama, where she lives. This guide is very up-to-date and takes into account changes as a result of recent hurricanes. However, even with the hurricanes, 85 percent of Louisiana was left intact. "Louisiana, Off the Beaten Path" is divided into five sections, one for each geographic area. In each section, Martin lists "Gay's Favorites, Top Annual Events, Places to Stay and Places to Eat." She also lists some delicious recipes and where to go to do further research.

The first chapter covers Northwest Louisiana, which includes Ark-La-Tex, a 200-mile radius around the Shreveport and Bossier City area. What caught my eye were the many art museums and galleries. The R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport houses one of the three largest collections in the country of American Western paintings and sculptures by Frederick Remington and Charles Russell. Another town I would like to visit is Keatchie, a town where the Greek Revival architecture dates from the 1840's and 1850's and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

In Northeast Louisiana, an unusual place to visit is the Poverty Point State Historic Sire, which may be as archaeologically significant as England's Stonehenge. Flying over the park, during the winter, you would see a mound outline of a great bird with a wingspan of 640 feet that was built over 3000 years ago. Central Louisiana is the setting for "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya's," the best-selling book and movie by Rebecca Wells. It is also the home of the musician Jerry Lee Lewis, who grew up in Ferriday, Louisiana, where the Delta Music Festival is held every spring. Southwestern Louisiana is the home of the Acadian Village in Lafayette and the Longfellow-Evangeline Museum in St. Martinsville. Of course, the heart of Southeastern Louisiana is still New Orleans, and "Louisiana, Off the Beaten Path" points out many nooks and crannies to go for food, music and culture that are out of the way. A Cajun Man's Swamp Cruise about 15 miles west of Houma, the Venice of America, looks like an interesting ride.

"Louisiana, Off the Beaten Path" shows the diversity of Louisiana: the birds, the food, the swamps, the wildlife, the history, the festivals, the art, the traditions, the music and the plantations. I liked the way Martin lays out each chapter. Her book also includes the interesting side trips or restaurants near an attraction so you can easily make an interesting afternoon or day filled with several activities. After reading the book, I would like to spend a month in Louisiana and visit some of these unique places.

This cookbook is the best I have ever used by far. There were easy to follow recipes donated by people from each parish in Louisiana. Cooking this food reminds me of my childhood and growing up in New Orleans. I would recommend this cookbook to anyone!

This wonderful, 84 page chapter book is an excellent way to get American history into your children. It's easy to read, easy to understand, and your children will find it entertaining as well as informative. They will learn about Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Livingston, James Monroe, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea, and their respective roles in purchasing and exploring the Louisiana Purchase. Black and white illustrations are included throughout the book to help them visualize the events. It's so good, you'll want to read it yourself and learn what you didn't learn in school! I recommend using it for family reading times for K-6th grade.

From the moment you open the first page until you read the last word, you will be unable to put this book down. It takes you where you have never been into a world we savor and cannot wait until see where it will lead us. Please read this book and understand how books should be written. It will take your breath away, make you understand history and want to meet these amazing people. Enjoy!

When you begin to look at Dr. Rodriguez's Encyclopedia, you become entranced and amazed at how many people and places where involved in the Louisiana Purchase. Rodriquez breaks down the book an writes a description for each person and event during the Louisiana purchase. As one of his students at Eureka College it is very obvious that he is an Expert about The Louisiana Purchase. I suggest if you don't anything or think you know everything about The Louisiana Purchase, I suggest reading Dr. Rodriguez's encyclopedia.

This is a very crazy but real life story about a girl named Hannah Trland. How could a family be so disfunctional that the older sister makes the bother sleep with his little sister. The first pages in this book is startling and somewhat scary. The main character Hannah Triland is faced with so many obsticles she has to overcome starting at age 7 up until age 18. The young girls mother dies at the hands of her own flesh and blood by drug overdoes. The murder covered never to be mentioned again in the story. The father Jacob Triland is a very incompetent older man that is stricken by poverties ugly hand. A black family living in Northern Louisiana is why the author named the book Draumatized. She took the "T" from the word Traumatized and substituted it with a "D" to enphasize the tragic nature of the book.Louisiana Red is the girls stage name at a topless bar she works in Houston Texas. When I read the story it evolked many emotions but for the most part I cried and I felt inspired to be a better person. This is a very good book for anyone to read.

While certainly pricey, this set of books is absolutely the essential reference on Louisiana state tax law. Oreck does a fantastic, thorough job. Without a doubt this is the best resource available on the subject.

Chef John Folse, an authority on Louisiana's wonderful food and culture has done it again with his book Louisiana Sampler. Here the reader may travel through 26 of the chefs favorite food festivals in the bayou state and enjoy many great recipes. A must have for the cook who loves to travel.