A Fierce and Fractious Frontier
Subtitle: The Curious Development of Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1699-2000
Contributors: Hodding Carter (Foreword); Samuel C., Jr. Hyde (Editor)
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: September 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780807129081
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - General; History; History - General History; History: American; Louisiana; Southeastern & South Atlantic states; United States - State & Local - General; Essays; Florida Parishes (La.)
First sentence: THE FRENCH AND INDIAN PRESENCE IN THOSE PORTIONS OF southeast Louisiana north of Lake Pontchartrain, south of the thirty-first degree north latitude, east of the Mississippi, and west of the Pearl River remains the most understudied aspect of a generally neglected region.