books by Louisiana State University Press     books:       Falling Up: How a Redneck Helped Invent Political Consulting (Politics Media)10 reviews Raymond D. Strother Louisiana State University Press, 2003 Genuine, honest memoir of politics Raymond Strother's warts-and-all memoir of his life as a political consultant is a fun, must-read for all students of American politics. Strother's career began when there was still some innocence in campaigning, and winds up during the frustrating years of ego-driven hacks whose self-importance overshadows their candidates, to the detriment of government. Ray Strother's genuinity was formed the ...             The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7-12, 186427 reviews Gordon C. Rhea Louisiana State University Press, 1997 The Overland Campaign series The Battle of the Wilderness May 5-6, 1864 Product Details * Hardcover: 520 pages * Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (July 1994) * Language: English * ISBN: 0807118737 The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7-12, 1864 Product Details * Hardcover: 483 pages * Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (May 1997) * Language: English ...             Twelve Years a Slave13 reviews Solomon Northup Louisiana State University Press, 1968 Awesome book! A compelling and wrenchingly honest first-hand account of slavery, many times breaking my heart and making me think of the children of Africa today. A new book, "The Last Witness From a Dirt Road" which takes place in 1946, was given to me after commenting about Solomon Northup's narrative, and it could almost be a sequel to Twelve Years a Slave, written a 100 years later by the son ...             Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness De Pontalba10 reviews Christina Vella Louisiana State University Press, 1997 A Detailed Account of a Dynamic Woman Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness de Pontalba, by Christina Vella, is one of the best books that I have ever read. I took Professor Vella's class at Tulane University in the Spring of 2000. This book was the basis of the class. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in thorough documentation of facts about a dynamic woman and her family, as well as two great ...             The Dixie Association (Voices of the South)24 reviews Donald Hays Louisiana State University Press, 1997 Should get 10 Stars The Dixie Association is a perfect book. It is hilarious, wise, profound, and unbelievably beautifully written. It should not be subtitled "Voices of the South". It is THE voice of the South, perfectly captured on paper. Donald Hays has perfect pitch for Southern language, on the street and in the locker room. The basdeball portions are true, interesting and exciting. The picture of the ...             Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town18 reviews A. Hays Town, Cyril E. Vetter Louisiana State University Press, 1999 Great Coffee Table Material My wife loves the A. Hays Town homes, and this book is a nice representation of his work. A good coffee table item for guests to view.             The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy13 reviews Bell Irvin Wiley Louisiana State University Press, 1979 Overlooked heroes Bell Irvin Wiley seems to have been the first historian/writer to realize that the Civil War was not just about Lee, Pickett, Grant or Stuart or any of the other guys with stars on their shoulders. The real truth about what happened on those battlefields had to do with the guys in the tattered uniforms and the rotted shoes, trying to fight with defective rifles. As in his companion book, "The ...             Late Wife: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets Series)11 reviews Claudia Emerson Louisiana State University Press, 2005 Wonderful I was a student of Claudia Emerson's at Mary Washignton College, and find her ability to honest and genuine in the classroom translates in her work. I remember her discussing "Late Wife" just as her previous collection "Pinion" was released. It is exciting to see the conversations she had among her students, now present in the art. My favorite poem is her metaphoric look at the batting cage and ...             Molly the Pony: A True Story12 reviews Pam Kaster Louisiana State University Press, 2008 Molly The Pony Great little book about Molly, the pony rescued after Hurricane Katrina, and fitted with a prosthesis after losing her leg from a dog attack. Inspiring and uplifting. Although written for children, this simple story complete with great pictures, will be an inspiration for anyone. Molly is the pony who would not quit and neither would those who came to her rescue. Not just for horse lovers, ...             Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commander8 reviews Ezra T. Warner Louisiana State University Press, 1959 Excellent Source of Information on Confederate Generals! I remember first reading Generals in Gray as a teenager and have often referred back to the book over the years. Warner gives a synopsis of each general , usually containing the following information: 1. Birthplace and birthdate. 2. Pre-Civil War life. 3. Battles served in, promotions, woundings, death (if applicable). 4. Postwar career (if he survived the war). 5. Death and place burial. 6. ...             The Impossible Toystore: Poems7 reviews Mark Perlberg Louisiana State University Press, 2000 The Impossible Toystore Mark Perlberg's poetry reveals intensely personal experience that simultaneously evokes universal human emotions and conditions. His finely wrought language, graceful cadences and precise imagery make this third collection of Perlberg's poetry an enduring literary achievement.             Handbook on German Military Forces7 reviews U. S. War Department Louisiana State University Press, 1995 Excellent fact book of the German Army. This an outstanding book of facts and data whose main scope is the German Army. Although the name of the book refers to the whole German armed forces in reality the coverage is wide for the Army, light for the Air Force and almost non-existent for the Navy. The information it contains is extremely detailed (in particular in tables of organization and equipment of many divisions) and on the whole ...             Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher7 reviews Rod Gragg Louisiana State University Press, 1994 Excellent Narrative About an Overlooked Battle! As an avid Civil War reader, I have sometimes comes across titles that bore the reader and become unnecessarily bogged down in detail. Thankfully, Rod Gragg's gem is not one of them! The author packs the title with descriptive actions of the 1st and 2nd Battles of Fort Fisher and interesting anecdotes of several of the major participants. Particularly interesting were the descriptions of ...             Breckinridge (Southern biography series)7 reviews William C. Davis Louisiana State University Press, 1974 Compelling, magisterial biography As William Davis explains in the book's introduction, in the mid-1960s, while researching the Battle of New Market in BATTLES AND LEADERS, he came across information regarding John C. Breckinridge, the most interesting being that he had been vice-president of the country under Buchanan. "What could have induced a man who had been vice-president . . . to turn and fight against his own country?" He ...             Autumn of Glory: The Army of Tennessee, 1862-18657 reviews Thomas Lawerence Connelly Louisiana State University Press, 2001 Excellent study of the Army of Tenessee This book is not for beginners. You definitely need to have a working knowledge of the battles that the Army of Tennessee was engaged in. The focus is on the political and ego wranglings between Bragg (later Johnston and Hood) and his staff, and then the wranglings with Richmond and key political figures. In other words, you don't get a lot of such and such regiment moved here and such and such ...             The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union8 reviews Bell Irvin Wiley Louisiana State University Press, 1994 Common heroes Bell Irvin Wiley seems to have been the first historian/writer to realize that the Civil War was not just about Lee, Pickett, Grant or Stuart or any of the other guys with stars on their shoulders. The real truth about what happened on those battlefields had to do with the guys in the tattered uniforms and the rotted shoes, trying to fight with defective rifles. As in his companion book, "The ...             I Am One of You Forever: A Novel8 reviews Fred Chappell Louisiana State University Press, 1987 A Magical, Wonderful Book This, the first in Fred Chappell's tetralogy of books about Joe Robert Kirkman and his family, consists of ten stories about ten-year-old (at the start of the book) Jess Kirkman's encounters with four of his mother's relatives, the live-in hired hand on the Kirkman farm, and some of their neighbors. Chappell's narration veers from straightforward fiction to fantasy, telling of the gusto and ...             Down in Orburndale: A Songwriter's Youth in Old Florida7 reviews Bobby Braddock Louisiana State University Press, 2007 A masterpiece! Bobby Braddock has written an exceptional book -- a portrait of an artist as a young man, if you will. So much honesty about a part of America that is gone. So much honesty about a boy who grew up there and would go on to become one of America's great songwriters. He sees the humor of his darkest moments, and I'm still laughing just thinking about those moments. The book ends just before he ...             Trail Of Bones: More Cases From The Files Of A Forensic Anthropologist8 reviews Mary H. Manhein Louisiana State University Press, 2005 The heart of their stories. . . Mary Manhein's "Trail of Bones" is a wonderful book that offers practical insight into the lives of real people in law enforcement, victims, evidence and everything in between. Mary does not have to be overly descriptive in her accounts because the importance relies on the the truth and not some sensationalized version of truth. I like to think that captivating people are writing their own ...             Almost Innocent (Voices of the South)7 reviews Sheila Bosworth Louisiana State University Press, 1996 "He who is penitent is almost innocent." With this quote from Seneca, author Sheila Bosworth capsulizes the theme of innocence lost and nearly restored in "Almost Innocent," her first novel. Set in New Orleans and evocative of the sights and sounds that any native will recognize, Bosworth's novel traces the process by which the main character, Clay-Lee, attempts to reconstruct her mother's life through stories and memory. In the ...              search for books 1862-1865, anthropologist, association, baroness, biography, breckinridge, commander, confederacy, confederate, consulting, falling, forensic, generals, handbook, impossible, innocent, intimate, louisiana, messenger, military, orburndale, political, politics, pontalba, soldier, songwriter, southern, spotsylvania, tennessee, toystore books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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