Eyes of an eagle : Jean Pierre Cenac, patriarch : an illustrated history of early Houma-Terrebonne /
In the year 1860, Jean-Pierre Cenac sailed from the sophisticated French city of Bordeaux to begin his new life in the city with the second busiest port of debarkation in the U.S. Two years before, he had descended the Pyrenees to Bordeaux from his home village of Barbazan-Debat, a terrain in direct...
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Houma, LA :
JPC, L.L.C.,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. 1858: Barbazan Debat; 2. Descending the Mountains; 3. November 1860: Determination; 4. The Crossing; 5. March 21, 1861: The Decision; 6. The Call of the Good Earth; 7. 1862: First Encounter; 8. A Lush Paradise; 9. February 14, 1862: The Baker's Plans; 10. Tangled Roots; 11. Early May, 1862: Witness to War; 12. The War Comes to Town; 13. August 9, 1865: The Future Smiles; 14. From Artisan to Entrepreneur; 15. 1883: The Cradle Falls; 16. Progress and Heartbreak; 17. December 24, 1898: La Tristesse; 18. A Place of Substance; 19. May 30, 1899: Expanding Visions.
- 20. Houma's Golden Age21. September 1913: Looking Back; 22. The Oyster Is King; 23. April 5, 1914: Here to Stay; 24. Passing the Torch; Epilogue; Afterword; Appendix I: Terrebonne Sugar Estates c. 1900; Appendix II: Terrebonne Parish Canals; Appendix III: Genealogy; Appendix IV: About the Authors; Appendix V: Glossary of French Words and Terms; More to Come; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Credits.
