Natchitoches

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Natchitoches and Louisiana's Timeless Cane River
Photographs by Philip Gould
Text by Richard Seale, Robert DeBlieux, and Harlan Mark Guidry  
$39.95

 



Steel Magnolias Scrapbook
Commemorative compilation of photos and stories of the making of "Steel Magnolias" in Natchitoches in 1988.
$27.50 (paperback)

 

Natchitoches- from the "Images of America" Series

by: The Joyous Coast Foundation

Sourcing several collections (private as well as several housed at Northwestern State University) local historian and attorney Payne Williams, on behalf of the Joyous Coast Foundation, details the history of the Louisiana Purchase's oldest settlement and shows how cultures have blended to create the beauty of this timeless place

$19.95


 

Clementine Hunter:
American Folkartist
James Wilson

Detailed biography and 100 color
photographs of her work in this
volume of primitive folk art. (hardcover)

Talking with Tebé:
Clementine Hunter, Memory Artist
Mary E. Lyons

 

 

$42.95

$17.00


 

 

 

Painting by Heart:
The Life and Art of Clementine Hunter, Louisiana Folk Artist


Shelby R. Gilley

 

 

 

Clementine Hunter: The African House Murals
Edited by Art Shiver and Tom Whitehead

The African House Murals Clementine Hunter painted in 1955 are recognized as a national treasure.   This book details the inspiration, work and narrative of the nine panels. Scholars and art historians take a fresh look at the extraordinary paintings by the self-taught African-American folk artist.

 


$50.00



$29.95

 

 

 

 

Plantation Memo: Plantation Life in Louisiana 1750-1970 and Other Matters
Francois Mignon

This is a late edition of Mignon's 1972 newspaper columns of life in and around Melrose plantation near Natchitoches.  Included in the reminiscences are pieces featuring "The African House," Clementine Hunter, Lyle Saxon, Miss Cammie Henry (the owner of Melrose Plantation), and more.

 

 

 

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.



$20.00


$19.95 (paperback)

 

 


Weatherby: The Man. The Gun. The Legend.
Grits Gresham and Tom Gresham

Signed Copies Available

“The first and only book about Roy E. Weatherby and the history of the Weatherby Firearms Company delights readers with the behind-the-scenes stories of how a tinkerer became ‘the man who made the magnums’"

French America
written by Ron Katz
photographs by Arielle de La Tour d’Auvergne 

This highly visual book with more than 200 photographs features the history and present state of French structures still standing in the United States ranging from the simple Creole structures in Louisiana, Missouri and Illinois to the urban masterpieces of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

$29.95

$45.00

 

 

Natchitoches: Abstracts of the Catholic Church  1729-1803
Elizabeth Shown Mills

Natchitoches: Translated Abstracts of Register Number Five of the Catholic Church  1800-1826
Elizabeth Shown Mills

$35.00 (paperback)

$41.00 (paperback)

 

 

50 Hikes in Louisiana
Janina Baxley

 

Natchitoches Parish Louisiana

Reprint of a 1937 City of Natchitoches booklet extolling the “natural advantages” of the Parish, “…where a peaceful and profitable existence may be found.”  Includes many photos, ads, and articles on the Parish.  8½”x11”, 54 pages.

 


$17.95

$8.00


 

Natives Preferred
Caroline Dormon

Illustrated with Dormon's sketches, she shares her knowledge and experiences in this 1965 publication.

 

 

The Garden Club
Robert DeBlieux

A novel set in Natchez, Mississippi by local preservationist and historian “Bobby” DeBlieux.

 

$25.00

$14.50


 

Profiles of Natchitoches History
Daniel Graves

A synopsis of the area's history in a pamphlet-styled paperback (24 pages).

 

 

Pavie in the Borderlands
Betje Black Klier

“Describes the dynamic cultural forces that shaped the trans-Mississippi West between 1765-1838 by focusing on the extraordinary Pavie family.”

$3.95

$24.95


 

Tales of Old Natchitoches
Elizabeth and Gary Mills

33 stories that unfold the history of the oldest settlement of the Louisiana Purchase. (hardcover)

 

Prayer Meetings &
Pink Corduroys:
Reflections on Life in Rural Louisiana and Other Stuff
Jerry Pierce

 


$24.50 (paperback)


$14.95


 

Forgotten People
Gary Mills

Account of the development of the colony known as Cane River's Creoles of Color.

 

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Natchitoches
Parish, Louisiana
Donna Mills

Includes name index.

 


$20.95


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Cavalier in the Wilderness
Ross Phares

Fascinating story of the explorer and trader and Founder of Natchitoches,
Louis Juchereaus de St. Denis.

 

Southern Counterpart to
Louis & Clark:
The Freeman & Custis Expedition of 1806
Dan L. Flores

Freeman & Custis were sent, in 1806 by President Jefferson, to explore the southern Louisiana Purchase westward.  Stopped by a Spanish army in what is today’s southeastern Oklahoma, they did not complete their mission.  This is the compilation of their primary documents & catalogs including maps, illustrations, and meteorological observations.


$24.00 (paperback)


$19.95


 

 

The Awakening
Kate Chopin

Daring classic novel of 1899, set in Louisiana, depicting a woman's search for fulfillment.

Four different editions available in paperback.
Other fiction, biographies, and criticism by and about Kate Chopin in stock

DVD
Steel Magnolias
Filmed in Natchitoches!

Stars: Shirley McLaine, Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Sally Field and many others.

Based on semi-autobiographical play by local Robert Harling.

 

 $8.00 (Penguin Classic Edition)

 

DVD - $24.95


 

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