the struggle for America's natural legacy on the Gulf Coast
Hallowell, Christopher
2001
Explores the factors which are threatening three million acres of unpreserved marshs and swamps located in the Mississippi River delta in South Louisiana.
Tells the story of a young African-American man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who tries to impart to him his learning and pride before the execution.
In a small Louisiana mill town in 1940, Jolene does not want her Momma to marry the logger who is courting her, but it seems that even her most defiantly bad behavior cannot make him go away.
High school student "Meg" has changed identities so often that she hardly knows who she is anymore, and her family is falling apart, but she knows that two of the rules of witness protection are be forgettable and do not make friends--but in her new home in Louisiana a boy named Ethan is making that difficult.
A children's biography of Jean Laffite, a pirate who eventually settled in New Orleans, where he became a respected businessman while still pirating and played a role in helping the United States win the War of 1812.
Recounts the experiences of Solomon Northup, an African American man who was kidnapped into slavery and suffered through twelve years of bondage before being rescued from the Louisiana cotton plantation by friends from New York.
