This study encompasses a complete history of Louisiana's Isleno community from the Spanish era to the present.
This unique book contains the passenger lists of the eight vessels that brought Canary Islanders to Louisiana between 1778 and 1783. It gives a brief account of how the Canary...
The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783: The History and Passenger Lists of the Islenos Volunteer Recruits and Their Families
After five long years of nearly dead commerce, poverty, turmoil and disaster, the Isleños accepted news of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House, but like everyone else, the Isleños hunted ...
Canary Islanders in Texas tells the story of the fifty-five Canary Islanders who arrived in South Texas in 1731 and founded the original municipality of San Fernando de Béxar (renamed San Antonio in the nineteenth century after Texas’s ...
The result is a diverse collection of recipes for many dishes, or variations of dishes. Isleï¿1/2os mainstays Paella, Flan, and Empanadillas (meat pies) share the pages with a New England Boiled Dinner, Chicken Cacciatore, and Irish Stew.
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"Tucked away deep down in the swamps of south Louisiana is the small community of Pierre Part.
Through it all, the Islenos have preserved their unique heritage, traditions and culture for more than two centuries. This is their history."
Here are more than two hundred oral tales from some of Louisiana's finest storytellers. In this comprehensive volume of great range are transcriptions of narratives in many genres, from diverse voices, and from all regions of the state.
The tragedy was hidden, but implications reverberated throughout the South and lingered for generations. Author and historian Chris Dier reveals the horrifying true story behind the St. Bernard Parish Massacre.