Louisiana Sojourns: Travelers' Tales and Literary Journeys

By Frank de Caro

Book Overview

A sweeping collection of observations and episodes penned by visitors to Louisiana from the sixteenth century to the 1990s, Louisiana Sojourns is--much like the state itself--a wonder to behold in its sum, and in its particulars, full of surprise and delight. The seventy-six pieces that Frank A. de Caro has selected give readers a vivid sense of how Louisiana's unique blend of Old World, South, the exotic, and quintessential America has exerted a pull and hold on travelers. Included are writings by well-known figures such as Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, Kate Chopin, John Steinbeck, Frederick Law Olmsted, Walker Percy, William Faulkner, Simone de Beauvoir, Henry Miller, John James Audubon, Calvin Trillin, Zora Neale Hurston, A. J. Liebling, William Least Heat Moon, and Frederick Turner. Dozens of other wayfarers are represented as well.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807122408
• ISBN13: 9780807122402
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 581 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating views of Louisiana via historic travel accounts

De Caro & Jordan have selected a range of travel accounts that manage to capture the diversity, contradiction, and character of Louisiana, from colonial times to the present. Their contemporary travel updates make this book useful to modern-day trippers, and the inclusion of selections by literary luminaries such as Steinbeck broaden its appeal beyond Louisiania lovers.