'LOUISIANA PURCHASES' RECOMMENDED TITLES LIST
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Fiction
- A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, John Kennedy Toole, Grove Press, trade paper, 0802130208
- FRENCH QUARTER FICTION: The Newest Stories of America's Oldest Bohemia, Joshua Clark, ed., Light of New Orleans Publishing, trade paper, 0971407673
- THE MOVIEGOER, Walker Percy, Vintage, trade paper, 0375701966
- THE CLEARING, Tim Gautreaux, Vintage, trade paper, 1400030536
- OYSTER, John Biguenet, Ecco Press, trade paper, 0060514477
Nonfiction/History
- WHY NEW ORLEANS MATTERS, Tom Piazza, HarperCollins (ReganBooks), hardcover, 0061124834
- NEW ORLEANS MON AMOUR: Twenty Years of Writings From the City, Andrei Codrescu, Algonquin Books, trade paper, 1565125053
- RISING TIDE: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America, John M. Barry, Simon & Schuster, trade paper, 0684840022
- BAYOU FAREWELL: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast, Mike Tidwell, Vintage, trade paper, 0375725172
- AN UNNATURAL METROPOLIS: Wresting New Orleans From Nature, Craig E. Colten, Louisiana State University Press, hardcover, 0807129771
Pictorial/Other
- TIME & PLACE IN NEW ORLEANS: Past Geographies in the Present Day, Richard Campanella, Pelican Publishing, hardcover, 1565549910
- OBITUARY COCKTAIL: The Great Saloons of New Orleans, Kerri McCaffety, Vissi D'arte Books, hardcover, 0970933606
- AMERICA'S WETLAND: Louisiana's Vanishing Coast, Mike Dunne, Bevil Knapp, Louisiana State University Press, hardcover, 0807131156
- GARDENS OF NEW ORLEANS: Exquisite Excess, Lake Douglas, Jeannette Hardy, Chronicle Books, hardcover, 0811824217
- FOOD OF NEW ORLEANS: Authentic Recipes From the Big Easy, John DeMers, Tuttle, hardcover, 9625932275
- MARDI GRAS TREASURES: Invitations of the Golden Age, Henri Schindler, Pelican Publishing, hardcover, 1565547225
For Children
- EPOSSUMONDAS, Coleen Salley, Janet Stevens, (Illus.), Harcourt, hardcover, 015216748X
- WHY EPOSSUMONDAS HAS NO HAIR ON HIS TAIL, Coleen Salley, Janet Stevens, (Illus.), Harcourt, hardcover, 0152049355