cajuns

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cajuns

Cajun and Creole folktales

the French oral tradition of South Louisiana
1994
A collection of French-language tales given in the Cajun French and its English translation, along with commentaries. Includes animal stories, magic stories, jokes, tall tales, improvised stories, and legendary tales.

Jolie Blonde and the three Heb?rts

a Cajun twist to an old tale
1999
A Cajun version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" featuring a family named H?bert rather than three bears.

French, Cajun, Creole, Houma

a primer on francophone Louisiana
2005
Presents an overview of the origins and evolution of all the Francophone communities in the southern Louisiana region, which has been identified by ethnographers as the most complex rural society in North America.

Meely LaBauve

a novel
2000
Fifteen-year-old Meely LaBauve spends his time along the Catahoula Bayou trying to help his father avoid the local police.

Six foolish fishermen

2011
Six silly friends spend a day trying to figure out how to proceed with their fishing trip when one thing after another goes wrong.

Cajun through and through

2000
Two boys who live in the bayou teach their prim city cousing how to be a true Cajun.

The Cajuns

from Acadia to Louisiana
1979

Feliciana meets d'Loup Garou

a Cajun tall tale
1998
Spunky Feliciana Feydra LaRoux outsmarts the Cajun boogeyman who pays nighttime visits to misbehaving children.

There was an ol' Cajun

2002
A retelling of the classic nursery rhyme, "There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly", in which a hapless Cajun accidentally swallows a gnat.

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