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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Soul  survivor Soul survivor Bruce Leininger This is the story of James Leininger, who-- a little more than two weeks after his second birthday-- began having blood-curdling nightmares that just would not stop. When James began screaming out re… OL12017948W
Pearl's secret Pearl's secret Neil Henry A black professor of journalism and award-winning correspondent takes an investigative look into his family's past in this autobiography and family story, as he pieces together the murky details of h… OL15859141W
Remembering Minden Remembering Minden John Agan Columns from the Minden press-herald. OL16587987W
Historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 Historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 Arsène Lacarrière Latour,Arsaene Lacarriaere Latour,Gene A. Smith xlii, 358 p. : 24 cm OL1979847W
The Civil War reminiscences of Major Silas T. Grisamore, C.S.A The Civil War reminiscences of Major Silas T. Grisamore, C.S.A Silas Uncle Silas T. Grisamore was born in Indiana in 1825 and moved to Louisiana in 1846, settling first in Napoleonville and then in Thibodaux. He engaged in a variety of occupations but found most success as … OL4308839W
The good pirates of the forgotten bayous The good pirates of the forgotten bayous Ken Wells With a long and colorful family history of defying storms, the seafaring Robin cousins of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, make a fateful decision to ride out Hurricane Katrina on their hand-built fish… OL474092W
Travels with Rima Travels with Rima Richard H. Collin "This elegy celebrates the last years of a happy marriage filled with travel, art, food, and ultimately illness and death. It is at once a travelogue, a record of the finest meals and museums Europe … OL4791834W
Edge of the sword Edge of the sword Ted Tunnell "In this biography, Ted Tunnell explores the stranger-than-fiction life of Marshall Harvey Twitchell, one of the best-known carpetbaggers in the post-Civil War South. Native New Englander, Union sold… OL5358080W
War stories War stories Elizabeth Mullener "Elizabeth Mullener over the course of twelve years found eyewitnesses to virtually every major event of World War II, and she found them all in one American city - New Orleans. Some are natives of t… OL5728240W
Witness to the truth Witness to the truth John Henry Scott "Witness to the Truth tells the extraordinary life story of a grassroots human rights leader and his courageous campaign to win the right to vote for the African Americans of Lake Providence, Louisia… OL5955336W