louisiana

Discusses the history, economy, culture, and future of Louisiana. Also includes a state chronology andperitent statistics.

Mimi visits her cousin Jean-Paul during the celebration of Cajun Mardi Gras in Louisiana.

In the Louisiana Bayou Clovis Crawfish tries to prevent M'sieu Blue Jay from making a meal out of his friend Gaston Grasshopper.

After being separated from her parents by a hurricane on the bayou, a young girl is raised by an alligator and later must discover who she really is.

An illustrated introduction to Louisiana, providing information about the land and climate, natural resources, plants and animals, tourism, industry, goods and services, history, population, politics and government, cultural groups, sports, and arts and entertainment of the state.

Contains full-color photographs, illustrations, and maps describe the history, geography, people, economy, and government of the state of Louisiana; and includes charts, graphs, timelines, and classroom projects.

A minister and civil rights leader in a small, rural African-American community is suddenly confronted with events from his past that threaten to destroy the life he has built.

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.

Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.

A 110-year-old African-American woman reminisces about her life, which has stretched from the days of slavery to the black militancy and civil rights movements of the 1960s.