Title: Louisiana governors : rulers, rascals, and reformers /
Authors: Cowan, Walter G.; McGuire, Jack B.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Governors Louisiana Biography; Governors Louisiana History.; Louisiana Politics and government.; Louisiana Biography.; Louisiana Politics and government; Louisiana Biography
Abstract: "Walter Greaves Cowan and Jack B. McGuire, veteran authorities on the Louisiana political scene, trace the history of the state's leaders from the French and Spanish colonial eras to the present day. Using a variety of sources, including personal interviews with the recent governors, they describe unforgettable personalities" -- inside cover.
Contents: Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Acknowledgments 000 -- Preface 000 -- Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville et d'Ardillieres (1699 1702) -- 000 -- Sieur de Sauvole (1699 1700) 000 -- Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville (1701 1713; 1716 1717; -- 1718 1725; 1733 1743) 000 -- Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac (1713 1716) 000 -- Jean Michel De l'Epinay (1717 1718) 000 -- Pierre Sidrac Dugu¿, Sieur de Boisbriant (1725 1727) 000 -- Etienne de Perier (1727 1733) 000 -- Pierre de Rigaud de Cavagnial, Marquis de Vaudreuil (1743 1753) -- 000 -- Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec (1753 1763) 000 -- Jean Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie (1763 1765) 000 -- Charles Philippe Aubry (1765 1766) 000 -- Antonio de Ulloa de la Torre-Guiral (1765 1768) 000 -- Alejandro O'Reilly (1769) -- Luis Unzaga y Amerzaga (1769 1777) 000 -- Bernardo de Galvez (1777 1782) 000 -- Esteban Rodriguez Miro (1782 1791) 000 -- Francois-Louis Hector, Baron de Carondelet et Noyelles -- (1791 1797) 000 --^