Item #66383 THE LOUISIANA BOOK: Selections from the Literature of the State.; Illustrated with Portraits. Thomas M'CALEB, Critical And Explanatory Notes With A. Preface And Biographical.
THE LOUISIANA BOOK: Selections from the Literature of the State.; Illustrated with Portraits.
THE LOUISIANA BOOK: Selections from the Literature of the State.; Illustrated with Portraits.

THE LOUISIANA BOOK: Selections from the Literature of the State.; Illustrated with Portraits.

New Orleans: R. F. Straughan, Publisher, 1894. First edition. 26cm. xvii, 1l, 576pp., 2l. Frontis. illustration. Burgundy cloth stamped in gilt front board and spine. Wear to spine ends, rear hinge starting. Presentation copy from the editor to C. Van R. Cogswell. Historical sketches by Gayarre, Cable and others on the state, several related to the Civil War. Under Specimens of Oratory there are a number of speeches by Judah P. Benjamin. Also included are essays by Edward Livingston, John J. Audubon, and others, as well as fiction by Lafcadio Hearn, Grace King, Ruth McEnery Stuart, etc. Item #66383

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