'LOUISIANA PURCHASES' RECOMMENDED TITLES LIST

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