Shreveport Chronicles
Profiles From Louisiana's Port City
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Eric J. Brock | ISBN: | 9781625843043 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | August 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eric J. Brock |
| ISBN: | 9781625843043 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | August 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
�Here are heroes and scoundrels, businessmen and religious leaders, artists and soldiers, pioneers and planters�as well as a number of stories that are ironic, bizarre or simply curious.� In this newest collection of his popular columns, Eric J. Brock portrays Shreveport�s historical pageant through the lives of a cross section of truly fascinating characters. From the enigmatic mayor Robert Nathaniel Wood to forgotten beauty queen Janet Currie, Brock sketches the men and women�both ordinary and extraordinary�who shaped the course of Shreveport history. These biographical vignettes, originally printed in the Shreveport Times and the Forum News Magazine, are a must-read for any native or resident of northwest Louisiana.
�Here are heroes and scoundrels, businessmen and religious leaders, artists and soldiers, pioneers and planters�as well as a number of stories that are ironic, bizarre or simply curious.� In this newest collection of his popular columns, Eric J. Brock portrays Shreveport�s historical pageant through the lives of a cross section of truly fascinating characters. From the enigmatic mayor Robert Nathaniel Wood to forgotten beauty queen Janet Currie, Brock sketches the men and women�both ordinary and extraordinary�who shaped the course of Shreveport history. These biographical vignettes, originally printed in the Shreveport Times and the Forum News Magazine, are a must-read for any native or resident of northwest Louisiana.
