Lost plantation
Subtitle: the rise and fall of Seven Oaks
By: Marc R. Matrana.
Series: Jefferson historical series -- v. 16
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Zeringue, Camille; Zeringue, Camille -- Family; Plantation owners -- Louisiana -- Biography; Slaveholders -- Louisiana -- Biography; Businessmen -- Louisiana -- Biography; Seven Oaks (La.); Plantation life -- Louisiana -- Westwego -- History -- 19th century; Westwego (La.) -- Biography; Westwego (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-181) and index.
Table of contents: title: Petit desert; title: The Zeringues and their plantation; title: The Zeringue plantation and its grounds; title: Life and agricultural production on the Zeringue plantation; title: The plantation and the Civil War; title: The railroad ruckus; title: Pablo Sala and Columbia gardens; title: A new war, a new family; title: The mansion begins to fade; title: Save Seven Oaks; title: Life among the ruins; title: Future of the past; title: Appendix I : chronological chain of title and timeline of major events; title: Appendix II : slaves owned by Camille Zeringue; title: Appendix III : comparative data of the largest slaveholders in Jefferson Parish; title: Appendix IV : brief historical sketch of Zeringue family in Louisiana.