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Look Away Dixieland : A Carpetbagger's Great-Grandson Travels Highway 84 in Search of the Shack-up-on-Cinder-Blocks, Confederate-Flag-Waving, Squirrel-Hunting, Boiled-Peanuts, Deep-Drawl, Don't-Stop-the-Car-Here South /
As a boy, James Twitchell heard stories about his ancestors in Louisiana and even played with his great-grandfatherAEs Civil War sword, but he never appreciated the state and the events that influenced a pivotal chapter in his family history. His great-grandfather, Marshall Harvey Twitchell, a carpe...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge, La. :
Louisiana State University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As a boy, James Twitchell heard stories about his ancestors in Louisiana and even played with his great-grandfatherAEs Civil War sword, but he never appreciated the state and the events that influenced a pivotal chapter in his family history. His great-grandfather, Marshall Harvey Twitchell, a carpetbagger from Vermont, had settled in upstate Louisiana during Reconstruction, married a local girl, and encountered much success until a fateful day in August 1874. The dramatic story of the elder TwitchellAEs life and near assassination fuels the authorAEs pursuit of his familyAEs history and a true un. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (192 pages): illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9780807139677 |