Best Louisiana History Books (Nonfiction)

101.
Louisiana: A Bicentennial History
Louisiana: A Bicentennial History 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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New Orleans Then and Now (Then & Now Thunder Bay)
New Orleans Then and Now (Then & Now Thunder Bay) 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Reminiscences and recollections of Huey P. Long
Reminiscences and recollections of Huey P. Long liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey
Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The Life and Times of Henry Louis Rey 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Father Mississippi: The Story of the Great Flood of 1927
Father Mississippi: The Story of the Great Flood of 1927 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)
by: Don Brown
4.04 avg rating — 9,073 ratings
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Natchitoches
Natchitoches 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
107.
The Photojournalism of Del Hall: New Orleans and Beyond, 1950s–2000s
The Photojournalism of Del Hall: New Orleans and Beyond, 1950s–2000s 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Accident and Deception : The Huey Long Shooting [Revised 1st Edition]
Accident and Deception : The Huey Long Shooting [Revised 1st Edition] liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Building the Land of Dreams : New Orleans and the Transformation of Early America
Building the Land of Dreams : New Orleans and the Transformation of Early America 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Governors of Louisiana (Pelican Governors Series)
Governors of Louisiana (Pelican Governors Series) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Literary New Orleans
Literary New Orleans
by: Judy Long
4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings
113.
Messiah of the Masses: Huey P. Long and the Great Depression
Messiah of the Masses: Huey P. Long and the Great Depression 3.28 avg rating — 43 ratings
113.
Black Life in Old New Orleans
Black Life in Old New Orleans 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The bayous of Louisiana
The bayous of Louisiana 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America
The Inevitable City: The Resurgence of New Orleans and the Future of Urban America 3.33 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Interim Appointment: W.C.C. Claiborne Letter Book, 1804–1805
Interim Appointment: W.C.C. Claiborne Letter Book, 1804–1805 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
117.
The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back
The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back 3.87 avg rating — 55 ratings
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A History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812
A History of Baton Rouge, 1699-1812 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
119.
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans 4.05 avg rating — 153 ratings
121.
Uncivil War: Five New Orleans Street Battles And the Rise And Fall of Radical Reconstruction
Uncivil War: Five New Orleans Street Battles And the Rise And Fall of Radical Reconstruction 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
121.
Creating the Big Easy: New Orleans and the Emergence of Modern Tourism, 1918-1945
Creating the Big Easy: New Orleans and the Emergence of Modern Tourism, 1918-1945 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
123.
The Origin and Early Development of County-Prish Government in Louisiana
The Origin and Early Development of County-Prish Government in Louisiana really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
123.
New Orleans A Food Biography
New Orleans A Food Biography 3.54 avg rating — 26 ratings
125.
You are my sunshine: The Jimmie Davis story : an affectionate biography
You are my sunshine: The Jimmie Davis story : an affectionate biography
by: Gus Weill
3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Picturing Black New Orleans: A Creole Photographer's View of the Early Twentieth Century
Picturing Black New Orleans: A Creole Photographer's View of the Early Twentieth Century 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
127.
Territory of Orleans, 1803-1812
Territory of Orleans, 1803-1812 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
127.
Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans
Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red-Light District of New Orleans 4.35 avg rating — 170 ratings
129.
Huey at 100: Centennial Essays on Huey P. Long
Huey at 100: Centennial Essays on Huey P. Long liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
129.
Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District
Storyville, New Orleans: Being an Authentic, Illustrated Account of the Notorious Red Light District
by: Al Rose
4.18 avg rating — 275 ratings
131.
Bourbonism and Agrarian Protest: Louisiana Politics, 1877–1900
Bourbonism and Agrarian Protest: Louisiana Politics, 1877–1900 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
131.
Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul
Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America's Creole Soul 2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
133.
The Huey Long Murder Case
The Huey Long Murder Case 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
133.
New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans
New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans 4.27 avg rating — 44 ratings
135.
Historical Atlas of Louisiana
Historical Atlas of Louisiana really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
135.
The Jazz People of New Orleans
The Jazz People of New Orleans 4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings
137.
A Political Crime: The History of the Great Fraud
A Political Crime: The History of the Great Fraud really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
137.
Unfinished Blues: Memories of a New Orleans Music Man (Louisiana Artists Biography Series)
Unfinished Blues: Memories of a New Orleans Music Man (Louisiana Artists Biography Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
139.
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz"
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz" 4.13 avg rating — 141 ratings
140.
The history and the government of Louisiana : a staff report.
The history and the government of Louisiana : a staff report. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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In the Habit of Acting Together: The Emergence of the Whig Party in Louisiana, 1828-1840
In the Habit of Acting Together: The Emergence of the Whig Party in Louisiana, 1828-1840 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
141.
Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans
Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings
143.
Louisiana, its history, people, government and economy.Research study No. 7
Louisiana, its history, people, government and economy.Research study No. 7 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
143.
New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History
New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
145.
Bienville: Father of Louisiana (Louisiana Life Series No. 10)
Bienville: Father of Louisiana (Louisiana Life Series No. 10) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
145.
A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau
A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau 3.70 avg rating — 375 ratings
147.
Favorite Huey Long Stories
Favorite Huey Long Stories liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
147.
Spirit World: Pattern in the Expressive Folk Culture of New Orleans
Spirit World: Pattern in the Expressive Folk Culture of New Orleans 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
149.
Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana: A Biography (Southern Biography Series)
Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana: A Biography (Southern Biography Series) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
149.
I Hear You Knockin : The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues
I Hear You Knockin : The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings
151.
Blaze of Glory
Blaze of Glory 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans
Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Political Tendencies in Louisiana
Political Tendencies in Louisiana liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
153.
Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans
Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans 3.58 avg rating — 263 ratings
155.
El Camino Real: The King's Royal Highway Though Winn Parish
El Camino Real: The King's Royal Highway Though Winn Parish 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
155.
The Incomplete, Year-by-Year Selectively Quirky, Prime Facts Edition of the History of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The Incomplete, Year-by-Year Selectively Quirky, Prime Facts Edition of the History of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
157.
John Law Wasn't so Wrong: the Story of Louisiana's Horn of Plenty
John Law Wasn't so Wrong: the Story of Louisiana's Horn of Plenty 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II
Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II 4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings
159.
The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia
The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
160.
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
161.
Huey Long: His Life in Photos, Drawings, and Cartoons
Huey Long: His Life in Photos, Drawings, and Cartoons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
162.
Earl Kemp Long, governor of Louisiana, 1948-1952, 1956-1960: "the inside story of the governor as I knew him"
Earl Kemp Long, governor of Louisiana, 1948-1952, 1956-1960: "the inside story of the governor as I knew him" it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
162.
Why New Orleans Matters
Why New Orleans Matters 3.96 avg rating — 1,302 ratings
164.
Robert Floyd Kennon: Reform governor
Robert Floyd Kennon: Reform governor 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
164.
New Orleans City Guide, 1938
New Orleans City Guide, 1938 4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings
166.
The Louisiana Capitol: Its Art and Architecture
The Louisiana Capitol: Its Art and Architecture did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
167.
River capital: An illustrated history of Baton Rouge
River capital: An illustrated history of Baton Rouge really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
167.
Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn
Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 103 ratings
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Debate In The House Of Representatives Of The Territory Of Orleans, On A Memorial To Congress Respecting The Illegal Conduct Of General Wilkinson (1807)
Debate In The House Of Representatives Of The Territory Of Orleans, On A Memorial To Congress Respecting The Illegal Conduct Of General Wilkinson (1807) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
169.
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
by: Dan Baum
4.22 avg rating — 5,188 ratings
171.
The Face of Louisiana
The Face of Louisiana 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Spirits of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends and Cities of the Dead
Spirits of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends and Cities of the Dead 3.97 avg rating — 206 ratings
173.
History of Louisiana [Four Volume Set]
History of Louisiana [Four Volume Set] liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
173.
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans 4.03 avg rating — 912 ratings
175.
Creed of a Congressman: F. Edward Hébert of Louisiana
Creed of a Congressman: F. Edward Hébert of Louisiana liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
175.
Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans
Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans 3.36 avg rating — 357 ratings
177.
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge 3.83 avg rating — 3,684 ratings
178.
Tribute to Don Bernardo de Gálvez: royal patents and an epic ballad honoring the Spanish Governor of Louisiana
Tribute to Don Bernardo de Gálvez: royal patents and an epic ballad honoring the Spanish Governor of Louisiana 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
179.
Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta
Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta 4.58 avg rating — 24 ratings
179.
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (American Made Music Series)
Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues (American Made Music Series) 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings
181.
The History of Louisiana (Louisiana Parish Histories Series)
The History of Louisiana (Louisiana Parish Histories Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
182.
Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps
Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
182.
Stir the Pot: A History of Cajun Cuisine
Stir the Pot: A History of Cajun Cuisine 4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings
184.
History of Louisiana
History of Louisiana really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
184.
Cajun Music: Its Origins and Development (Louisiana Life Series ; No. 2)
Cajun Music: Its Origins and Development (Louisiana Life Series ; No. 2) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
186.
Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers
Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
186.
Cajun and Creole Music Makers: Musiciens cadiens et creoles
Cajun and Creole Music Makers: Musiciens cadiens et creoles 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
188.
Lemoyne d'Iberville: Soldier of New France
Lemoyne d'Iberville: Soldier of New France 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
188.
Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)
Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press) 4.38 avg rating — 47 ratings
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A Comparative View of French Louisiana, 1699 and 1762: the journals of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Jacques-Blaise d'Abbadie
A Comparative View of French Louisiana, 1699 and 1762: the journals of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville and Jean-Jacques-Blaise d'Abbadie 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Louisiana Crawfish: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean
Louisiana Crawfish: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean
by: Sam Irwin
4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings
192.
Secession And Restoration Of Louisiana
Secession And Restoration Of Louisiana 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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It Happens in Louisiana: Peculiar Tales, Traditions & Recipes from the Bayou
It Happens in Louisiana: Peculiar Tales, Traditions & Recipes from the Bayou
by: Sam Irwin
4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
194.
Strange True Stories of Louisiana
Strange True Stories of Louisiana 3.51 avg rating — 385 ratings
194.
Louisiana's Sacred Places: Churches, Cemeteries and Voodoo
Louisiana's Sacred Places: Churches, Cemeteries and Voodoo 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
196.
The Louisiana Governors: From Iberville to Edwards
The Louisiana Governors: From Iberville to Edwards 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
196.
Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music
Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1868
Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1868
by: Ella Lonn
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
198.
One Generation at a Time: Biography of a Cajun and Creole Music Festival
One Generation at a Time: Biography of a Cajun and Creole Music Festival really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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War, Politics, and Reconstruction: Stormy Days in Louisiana
War, Politics, and Reconstruction: Stormy Days in Louisiana really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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