The past sixty years have shaped and reshaped the group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People explores these six decades and analyzes the forces that had an impact on Louisiana's Acadiana.In the 1940s, when America entered World War II, so too did the isolated Cajuns. Cajun soldiers fought alongside troops from ...

Recipient of a 2017 Book of the Year Award presented by the Louisiana Endowment for the HumanitiesShane K. Bernard's Teche examines this legendary waterway of the American Deep South. Bernard delves into the bayou's geologic formation as a vestige of the Mississippi and Red Rivers, its prehistoric Native American occupation, and its colonial settlement by French, Spanish, and, eventually, Anglo-American pioneers. He surveys the coming of indigo, cotton, an...

The past sixty years have shaped and reshaped the group of French-speaking Louisiana people known as the Cajuns. During this period, they have become much like other Americans and yet have remained strikingly distinct. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People explores these six decades and analyzes the forces that had an impact on Louisiana's Acadiana.In the 1940s, when America entered World War II, so too did the isolated Cajuns. Cajun soldiers fought alongside troops from...

Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History traces the four-hundred-year history of this distinct American ethnic group. In its original English, the book proved a perfect package, comprehensible to junior-high and high-school students, while appealing to and informing adult readers seeking a one-volume exploration of these remarkable people and their predecessors. It is now available for the first time translated into French.The narrative follows the Caju...

Southern Gothic: New Tales of the South is an anthology like no other. Featuring over 15 stories and poems by new and veteran authors, the writing reflects a diverse range of Southern experience. From the post-Kartina New Orleans of Rose Yndigoyen’s “Long Gone Girls” and the deep-rooted family of Hardy Jones’ “Visitin’ Coremierville” to the racial tension of Eryk Pruitt’s “Them Riders” and Shane K. Bernard’s “The Phrenologist,” the anthology represents a new interpretation of the ...

Brought to you by Penguin.'What happens to those girls who go missing? What happens to the Zoe Nolans of the world?'In the early hours of Saturday, December 17th**, 2011, Zoe Nolan, a 19-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking place in the shared accommodation where she had been living for three months.**She was never seen again.Blending fact and fiction...

"Emily's Gift: The True Story of Sherlock and Jackson" is a sweet tale of persistence and how the youngest Shane sibling tries to negotiate a puppy for her loving and pet-less family."Emily's Gift: The True Story of Sherlock and Jackson" explores the various steps to pet ownership. From parental consent, to understanding the responsibility that comes with owning a dog, to selecting a puppy and properly caring for the new family member; Emily wants to experience one of the greatest ...

“Emily’s Gift: The True Story of Sherlock and Jackson” is a sweet tale of persistence and how the youngest Shane sibling tries to negotiate a puppy for her loving and pet-less family. “Emily’s Gift: The True Story of Sherlock and Jackson” explores the various steps to pet ownership. From parental consent, to understanding the responsibility that comes with owning a dog, to selecting a puppy and properly caring for the new family member; Emily wants to experience one of the greatest joys on...