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Thomas A. Wise A Gentleman from Mississippi

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In buoyant spirit the Hon. Charles Norton rode up the bridle path leading through the Langdon plantation to the old antebellum homestead which, on a shaded knoll, overlooked the winding waters of the Pearl River. No finer prospect was to be had in all Mississippi than greeted the eye from the wide southwest porch, where on warm evenings the Langdons and their frequent guests gathered to dine or to watch the golden splendor of the dying sun. [mehr]

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Various . The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863

Devoted To Literature And National Policy

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I found Selma plunged in the deepest grief. The telegram which informed her of Preston's death was dated three [mehr]

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John Richardson Hardscrabble The Fall of Chicago: A Tale of Indian Warfare

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John Peter Richardson III (September 25, 1831 – July 6, 1899) was the 83rd Governor of South Carolina from 1886 to 1890. Richardson was born in Clarendon County, South Carolina to John Peter Richardson II, a former Governor of South Carolina, and Juliana Augusta Manning. After graduating from South Carolina College in 1849, Richardson managed Elmswood Plantation in Clarendon County. He was also elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives during antebellum South Carolina. [mehr]

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Nicole Y Secrets In The Night

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Kathryn Le June and Jennifer Tyler had been the best of friends since childhood. Once they met in middle school they became inseparable. Receiving word of her Grandmother's passing Kathryn travels to Bristol, Louisiana and discovers that her grandmother has left something very special in her will. Kathryn has just inherited the Le June family plantation. Something she never wanted and hoped to avoid at all costs. [mehr]

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Louisiana Creole Gourmet Chef John LaFleur's Louisiana Creole Party Aperitifs, Hors d'oeuvre & Salades

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When it comes to partying, Louisiana's French Creole/Cajun culture and people have taught the rest of America a thing or two! In Louisiana Creole Party Aperitifs, Hors d'oeuvre & Salads, Louisiana French Creole Gourmet/Chef John laFleur shares some of his Louisiana Creole plantation guesthouse aperitifs, hors d'oeuvres, and salads! Treat yourself, your friends and loved ones to some of these exotic cocktails, and delicously nutritious and flavorful recipes at your next soiree, or cocktail party! Ummmhhh, c'est bon, cher! [mehr]

Stichwörter: Louisiana CREOLE/CAJUN food, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, salads, culture, language

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Jules Verne Nord Contre Sud

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L'histoire du roman se déroule aux États-Unis, en 1862, c'est-à-dire pendant la Guerre de Sécession, qui se terminera par la reddition du général Lee sudiste au général Grant nordiste en 1865. Le théâtre des événements en est la Floride, du septentrion où se trouve la plantation du héros, "Camdless-Bay", au méridien où se situe le dénouement du récit dans les Everglades, ces marais insalubres à la navigation difficile. L'action se déroule tout au long du fleuve Saint-John, sur lequel la navigation se fait à bord des grands bateaux à vapeur et roues à aubes pour les riches colons, la population pauvre naviguant elle à bords des squiffs. [mehr]

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Albert Manucy Artillery Through the Ages

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Albert C. Manucy (1910–1997) was an author, historian and a Fulbright Scholar who lived in St. Augustine, Florida. Manucy was a descendant of Josef Manucy, who sailed in 1768 from the city of Mahón in Minorca to work as an indentured servant on Andrew Turnbull's plantation at what was to be the failed colony of New Symrna. In 1779 Josef and the entire colony of settlers, made up mostly of Minorcans, as well as Greeks and Italians, left the dismal conditions of New Smyrna en masse. [mehr]

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Ellen Glasgow The Deliverance

A Romance Of The Virginia Tobacco Fields (Part I)

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Born into an elite Virginia family in Richmond, Virginia, the young Glasgow developed in a different way from that traditional to women of her class.[1] Due to poor health, she was educated at home in Richmond. She read deeply in philosophy, social and political theory, and European and British literature.[2] She spent her summers at her family's Bumpass, Virginia, estate, the historic Jerdone Castle plantation, a setting that she used in her writings. Her father, Francis Thomas Glasgow, was the son of Arthur Glasgow and Catherine Anderson. He was raised in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and graduated from Washington College, now Washington and Lee College, in 1847. [mehr]

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Ellen Glasgow The Deliverance

A Romance Of The Virginia Tobacco Fields (Part II)

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Born into an elite Virginia family in Richmond, Virginia, the young Glasgow developed in a different way from that traditional to women of her class.[1] Due to poor health, she was educated at home in Richmond. She read deeply in philosophy, social and political theory, and European and British literature.[2] She spent her summers at her family's Bumpass, Virginia, estate, the historic Jerdone Castle plantation, a setting that she used in her writings. Her father, Francis Thomas Glasgow, was the son of Arthur Glasgow and Catherine Anderson. He was raised in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and graduated from Washington College, now Washington and Lee College, in 1847. [mehr]

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W.H.G. Kingston Taking Tales (Fiscle Part-X)Instructive And Entertaining Reading

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William Henry Giles Kingston was born in Harley Street, London, on 28 February 1814. He was the eldest son of Lucy Henry Kingston (d.1852) and his wife Frances Sophia Rooke (b.1789), daughter of Sir Giles Rooke, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Kingston's paternal grandfather, John Kingston (1736-1820), was a Member of Parliament who despite having a plantation in Demerara staunchly supported the Abolition of the Slave Trade. His father, Lucy, entered into the wine business in Oporto,[1] and Kingston lived there for many years, making frequent voyages to England and contracting a lifelong affection for the sea. [mehr]

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