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Author
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Roger Houston Ogden, an attorney and entrepreneur in New Orleans, has over the past quarter century assembled one of the finest collections of southern American art in the world. The Ogden Collection of Southern Art, which currently numbers more than 1,200 works, includes oil paintings, water-colors, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and other southern artworks dating from the early eighteenth century to the present. From that remarkable collection...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler's teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew's father, told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, Don't get mad, get smart. To drive home this idea, Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse Owens...
644) Bernardo de Gl̀vez
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the Spanish governor who raised a seven-thousand soldier army to drive the British out of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico during the Revolutionary War in America.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A high-action portrait of the infamous historical pirate who pursued high-seas ambitions as a youth before settling down in New Orleans describes how he became a respected businessman, made pivotal contributions to the War of 1812 and exposed a British invasion plot.
Author
Series
Scrapbooking mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"The holidays are a busy time for scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand--but not so hectic that she doesn't have time to enjoy browsing the booths at the Winter Market with her best friend Ava. The last thing the ladies expect to see is a thrashing man stabbed by a serving fork, dying in front of them. The victim is loathed restaurant critic Martin Lash, who posted his scathing reviews on the Glutton for Punishment website. And the prime suspect is...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and attacked by other Southerners, and blamed for the South's...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Working as the emcee at an LGBTQ-friendly speakeasy in the French Quarter of 1929 New Orleans, Millie is approached by a young socialite whose scandalous murder places Millie's best friend, the show's drag star, under suspicion.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"After sharing some of her family's favorite recipes in Miss Kay's Duck Commander Kitchen, Miss Kay has gone back to her cupboard and pulled out more of her down-home ... recipes, this time grouping her recipes around reasons to get together--New Year's Eve spreads, special Mother's Day meals, Fourth of July picnics, Christmas dinners, church potlucks, and everything in-between. In addition to more than one hundred recipes, Miss Kay opens her heart...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters is American history. A toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. The storm completely transformed one of the most beloved cities in America, leaving nearly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded and damaging 134,000 housing units, causing unprecedented destruction. The response to Katrina is a topic of unending debate and anger....
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As the Jazz Age dawned in rollicking New Orleans, an unknown assailant targeted immigrants, mostly of Italian origin, broke into their homes and brutally assaulted them, resulting in grievous injury and several corpses. Clues are sparse; the police are baffled; and the general populace is thrown into a vortex of paranoia.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents seven true stories of survival in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina using graphic novel format. Individuals ranging from a high-school senior to a man who has been a fixture of the French Quarter all face the decision of whether to stay or flee.
Author
Series
Quincredible volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When meteors fell to Earth Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans! But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton's newest assignment is to learn the history of New Orleans and Voodoo....