Creole
Isle of Canes: A Historical Novel
Elizabeth Shown Mills
An epic account of the ever-changing fortune of
a multiracial family in Louisiana. Centering on the struggle of Marie Thérèse
Coincoin, a slave who eventually gains her freedom, becomes both
a land owner and a slave holder, and who was the originator in the line
of descent of Cane River's Creoles of Color.
$19.95 (paperback)
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If I Could Turn My Tongue Like
That: An "encyclopedic work of
reference that describes many |
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Gombo Zhebes Little dictionary of Creole proverbs selected from 6 Creole dialects with numerous footnotes. |
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Raised
to the Trade: Creole Building Arts of New Orleans A work acknowledging and seeking to
restore respect for the |
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Revolution, Romanticism and
the Afro-Creole Protest
Tradition In Louisiana--(1718-1868) Impressive study tracing the 18th century origins of this heritage. |
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Cajun and Creole
Folktales Oral tradition from Louisiana's multi-cultural influence. |
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Gumbo Ya-Ya Folktales of Louisiana Life. |
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Africans in Colonial
Louisiana Development of Afro-Creole culture in the 18th century. |
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White by Definition Fascinating analysis of Creole identity. |
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New People Insightful analysis of the miscegenation of American whites and blacks and
its effect on our culture. |
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Forgotten People Account of the development of the colony known as Cane River's Creoles of Color. |
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Learn to Speak Louisana French Creole Dr. Sybil Kein A Guide to South Louisiana Creole featuring everyday
Louisiana Creole expressions, pronunciation guide, and English translation
vocabulary lessons. |
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Cane River and It's Creole Stories Kathleen Balthazar Heitzman Looks at the Creole life on Cane River in Natchitoches Parish during the 10's, 20's, and 30's of the twentieth century through stories, letters, and interviews.
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Free People of Color of New
Orleans The story of the New Orleans Creoles dating from 1718, in an organized
chronological format.
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Old Creole Days Cable's best-known work reflects the everyday life of |
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Creole: The History and
Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
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Creole Families of New
Orleans This 1971 reprint traces some of the original families of New Orleans, from Allain to Soniat du Fossat. |
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$42.50 (hardcover) |
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Old Louisiana Accounts of yesterday's Louisiana life.
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Woman of Color, Daughter of
Privilege Story of Amanda Dickson's triumph over harsh racial structures. (1849-1893) |
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$16.95 (paperback) |
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A Creole Lexicon: Archtiecture, Landscape, People Jay Dearborn Edwards & Nicolas Kariouk Pecqeut de Bellay de Verton |
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Children of Strangers Novel set in Cane River country about a struggle to transcend race and class. |
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A Free Man of Color A fiction series set in New Orleans in the 1830’s and featuring Dr. Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher. |
$12.95 (paperback)
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$6.50 (paperback) |
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