louisiana

Contains the title work about a Victorian-era wife and mother who becomes enamored with a young man she meets while on vacation, and includes twelve additional short stories by nineteenth-century American author Kate Chopin.

After a black officer is murdered near a Louisiana army base near the end of World War II, a black army attorney is sent to investigate. What he turns up is a tangled web of racism from all sides.

Presents the life story of Miss Jane Pittman, who was born a slave on a Louisiana plantation before the Civil War and who lived to be 110 years old.

Discusses the land and climate, economy, government, and history of the state of Louisiana. Includes Internet links to Web sites.

Trosclair ignores his father's warning about Gargantua, the rogue alligator living in nearby Bayou Fontaine, and heads off into Bee Island Swamp to hunt for turtle eggs.

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.

A collection of twenty-three stories by nineteenth-century American author Kate Chopin, telling tales of passion, decadence, and sensuality.

Gives an overview of the state of Louisiana, including its history, geography, people, and living conditions.

A brief introduction to the geography, cities, land, plants, animals, people, history, culture, and famous people and places of Louisiana.

After bidding goodbye to her friends Michael and Nicole, who are moving away, Piper and her sisters spend winter break with their two sets of grandparents in Piney Woods, Louisiana, where Piper learns that the best adventures are the unexpected ones.