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Author: William Peavy Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781722923150 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
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"Originally From Shreveport: A Lite Off-the-Wall Memoir" by William A. Peavy III, began as a collection of off-handed recollections and evolved into a random, humorous, memoir. Peavy, a Shreveport native with deep southern roots, weaves personal insights with true stories of his family history, friends, his north Louisiana upbringing during the 1960s and '70s, wild LSU college days, and his life in Dallas as he navigates the booms and busts of the Dallas real estate market. It's an entertaining, light read.
Author: William Peavy Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781722923150 Category : Languages : en Pages : 232
Book Description
"Originally From Shreveport: A Lite Off-the-Wall Memoir" by William A. Peavy III, began as a collection of off-handed recollections and evolved into a random, humorous, memoir. Peavy, a Shreveport native with deep southern roots, weaves personal insights with true stories of his family history, friends, his north Louisiana upbringing during the 1960s and '70s, wild LSU college days, and his life in Dallas as he navigates the booms and busts of the Dallas real estate market. It's an entertaining, light read.
Author: Eric J. Brock Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1625843046 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 174
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Here are heroes and scoundrels, businessmen and religious leaders, artists and soldiers, pioneers and plantersas well as a number of stories that are ironic, bizarre or simply curious. In this newest collection of his popular columns, Eric J. Brock portrays Shreveports historical pageant through the lives of a cross section of truly fascinating characters. From the enigmatic mayor Robert Nathaniel Wood to forgotten beauty queen Janet Currie, Brock sketches the men and womenboth ordinary and extraordinarywho shaped the course of Shreveport history. These biographical vignettes, originally printed in the Shreveport Times and the Forum News Magazine, are a must-read for any native or resident of northwest Louisiana.
Author: Eric J. Brock Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738514888 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 134
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The Jewish presence in northwest Louisiana actually predates the establishment of Shreveport in 1836. From the very beginning, Jews have been part of the city's civic, social, and mercantile life. Pioneer settlers began holding services in private homes in the 1840s, and by 1858 the community was sufficiently large enough to consecrate a Jewish cemetery and the first Jewish benevolent association, a forerunner of today's North Louisiana Jewish Federation. In 1859, the first congregation was founded. In The Jewish Community of Shreveport the rich history of this influential and vibrant citizenry is chronicled by well-known Louisiana historian Eric J. Brock, archivist of Shreveport's B'nai Zion Temple. Nearly 18 decades of Jewish life in Shreveport are depicted in over 200 vintage images, many of which are previously unpublished. Both of the city's synagogues, B'nai Zion and Agudath Achim, are represented, as are many of the rabbis, business leaders, political leaders (including three mayors), and laypeople from the community's long history.
Author: Very Reverend Peter B. Mangum, JCL; W. Ryan Smith, MA; Cheryl H. White, PhD Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467150908 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 176
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In the autumn of 1873, one of the worst yellow fever epidemics in U.S. history swept through Shreveport. As the deadly scourge claimed a quarter of the town's population, the dedicated efforts of five missionary priests offered a call to hope, even as they laid down their own lives in the struggle. True martyrdom is vanishingly rare, extolled as the highest possible sacrifice, yet Shreveport bore abundant witness through these five saintly priests. Their heroism in the midst of this tragic chapter is captured here by a trio of authors, winding a narrative that transcends history to reveal complex themes of virtue, sacrifice and response in times of human crisis and suffering.
Author: Gary D. Joiner, PhD Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467152404 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 208
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Pause for a spell to visit with the remarkable inhabitants of Greenwood Cemetery. Greenwood Cemetery is resplendent in its gardenlike setting, gently rolling hills, sharply edged bluffs, impressively carved monuments and row after row of military gravestones. It is a social laboratory that helps those get to know who was here before and what their families wish future generations to remember about them. Visitors can find heroes and villains, mayors, bankers, industrialists, the well-to-do, and the forgotten. Some monuments are fascinating simply for their carved angels, others poignant in their descriptions of lives cut short. Indeed, all the markers have a story to tell. The most notable among them are included in this book. Stroll through Greenwood with Dr. Gary Joiner and learn a thing or two about those who rest here.
Author: William Peavy
Author: William Peavy
Author: Eric J. Brock
Author: Eric J. Brock
Author: Very Reverend Peter B. Mangum, JCL; W. Ryan Smith, MA; Cheryl H. White, PhD
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