Legendary Locals of Shreveport
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, United States, South, History, Americas
| Author: | Gary D. Joiner, John Andrew Prime | ISBN: | 9781439655795 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | February 8, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Legendary Locals | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gary D. Joiner, John Andrew Prime |
| ISBN: | 9781439655795 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | February 8, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Legendary Locals |
| Language: | English |
Legendary Locals of Shreveport chronicles fascinating people who have made a difference in the Shreveport-Bossier City area. Some are good, some are bad, and more than a few are wicked. There are movie starlets, entertainers, decorated war veterans, gangsters, preachers, madams, politicians, giants of industry, and humble folk who rose to greatness or infamy. Shreveport began as a rough and tumble frontier town that came late to being "civilized." A Baptist preacher shot one of Quantrill's Raiders when he rode his horse into church during a Sunday service. The most famous madam in the region was also a suffragette. The first successful bankers in Shreveport were immigrants from Prussia who developed a business model that extends into the modern era. Shreveport lost one quarter of its population in less than a month due to a yellow fever epidemic. And that is just the beginning.
Legendary Locals of Shreveport chronicles fascinating people who have made a difference in the Shreveport-Bossier City area. Some are good, some are bad, and more than a few are wicked. There are movie starlets, entertainers, decorated war veterans, gangsters, preachers, madams, politicians, giants of industry, and humble folk who rose to greatness or infamy. Shreveport began as a rough and tumble frontier town that came late to being "civilized." A Baptist preacher shot one of Quantrill's Raiders when he rode his horse into church during a Sunday service. The most famous madam in the region was also a suffragette. The first successful bankers in Shreveport were immigrants from Prussia who developed a business model that extends into the modern era. Shreveport lost one quarter of its population in less than a month due to a yellow fever epidemic. And that is just the beginning.
