The evolution of Canal Street, including all its events, memories, failures, and triumphs, is chronicled in a colorful two-hundred-year-old history of the prominent New Orleans thoroughfare, accompani
While traveling to an important feast in ancient China, Chuan and his friend Jing Jing devise a water "alarm" clock to make sure their party reaches the emperor's palace before rival warlords.
Everything is going wrong as Pastor McDougall tries to get ready for the Christmas Eve play, and it takes a visit from St. Nick to remind him what Christmas is really about.
"The author retells here for young children the story of when his family was invited to a cowboy's barn to celebrate Christmas Eve. As the cowboy's horse enjoyed a carrot and oats pie, another guest h
Original Western illustrations enhance the Texas theme and add a sense of humor to the beloved classic tales of Mother Goose, including such entertaining selections as "Mary Had a White-Faced Calf," "
This volume recounts the history of the escort company and staff officers of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Civil War strategist and commander for the Confederacy. He describes how the group became a legen
Written by award-winning chef, culinary instructor, food columnist, and bakery director Bev Shaffer, this tasted-and-tested collection spans the brownie spectrum. In addition to a history of brownies,
Cajun chef Jude Theriot has compiled what he considers the core recipes of Cajun cuisine. From boiled crawfish, crabmeat au gratin, and shrimp gumbo to chicken i??touffi??e, Chef Theriot has distilled
Using simple text and illustrations, presents the life and accomplishments of the famous surveyor who demonstrated the American ideals of freedom, hard work, and independence.
Alongside personal commentary are historical and cultural facts about Italian-American immigration patterns, religious institutions and festivals, the importance of food and family in daily life, and
Old World recipes, where delicious flavor is the goal and a dollop of love is the most important ingredient. This cookbook contains no calorie counts, carbohydrate statistics, or other nutritional gui
Authentic household recipes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. When Daniel and Martha Turnbull began in 1820 to build an estate that would eventually encompass seven plantations,
This second edition includes new material on the Charleston County Courthouse, the Citadel, Fort Sumter National Monument, Liberty Square, and the Warren Lasch Conservation Center, where the Civil War
Two parents describe their journey over land and sea to find the child that belongs in their family, as well as all of the joy and love the new baby brings.
"A respected retired criminologist picks up a pistol and shoots his wife five times as she rocks on her plantation home's gallery." The wife "miraculously survived" and gives this account.
During the antebellum period, New Orleans was the largest German colony below the Mason-Dixon line. Later settlements moved upriver between New Orleans and Donaldsonville, near Lecompte, and in North
It was a time of changing values and institutions, of a growing fear of communism and, at the same time, a growing sense of domestic tranquility and the importance of the family. It was a time of grea
For those among us who suffered the embarrassment of yelling "Avast, ye!" when we meant to yell "Aweigh, ye!" at our bosses on "Talk Like a Pirate Day," Breverton (marketing and management, UWIC Busin
A Cajun version of Jack and the Beanstalk that features magic sugar cane cuttings, a gigantic plantation home, and a fiddle that plays Cajun music. Includes pronunciations and translations of Cajun wo
When a hostile army attacks the warlord's palace in ancient China, Chuan and his friend, Jing Jing, find an ingenious way to scare them off using simple kites.
Children will love counting down, then up again, to these diapered dynamos' adventures, while adults will hoot at the hilarious rhymes featuring Moon Pies, magnolias, kudzu, and catfish.
Relates the experiences of a girl who follows her lighthouse-keeper father's advice to "be a light for others any way we can," and becomes world-famous for waving at every boat passing Elba Isle, off
When Jake arrives at the fair, he heads straight for the cotton candy, but the machine gets stuck and Jake unknowingly trails pink, sticky strands behind him, eventually blanketing the entire fairgrou
Fought by pro-Confederate Missouri State guardsmen and Union volunteers more than two weeks before First Bull Run, it was the culmination of the first major land campaign of the Civil War.
From the 1500s to the present, different voices and perspectives of men and women--Indian, Mexican, Spanish, Texan, and American--recount the history of the Alamo and its region.
An introduction to the life of Jane Wilkinson Long, a Texas pioneer who experienced the early days of that state and who was the mother of the first Anglo baby born there.
While fishing on the bayou, Maurice sees a little blue crawfish drop a watch, follows him down a crawfish hole, and embarks on an adventure reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's Alice's adventures in Wonderl
After Clovis Crawfish and his Louisiana bayou friends welcome Silvie Sulphur, of the butterfly family, to their neighborhood and help her in a rainstorm, everyone pitches in to make a new mud house fo
Hard times, good times, and moments of absolute hilarity compose this tender and affecting memoir of the authori??s youth on his grandfatheri??s ranch on the Colorado plains.
After Phoebe welcomes the new schoolteacher, Miss Hornswaggle, and her bird to the Texas town of Buzzard, she finds she has to put the Tumbleweed Gang in line once again.
