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Drag Queens in Limousines by Mary Gauthier

Dixie Kitchen by Mary Gauthier

Cajun Folk Songs, Fun Songs & Love Songs by Leroy Martin

Bayou Cajun Music by Pot Folse

What a Night by Deuce of Hearts

Hello Sunshine by Harry Anselmi

Carousel for Two by Vin Bruce

Homesick for the Road by Tab Benoit

These Blues Are All Mine by Tab Benoit

Nice & Warm by Tab Benoit

Live: Swampland Jam by Tab Benoit

Standing on the Bank by Tab Benoit

What I Live For by Tab Benoit

Presumed Innocent by Marcia Ball

A Cajun Dream, Cherie Claire's first novel, is set in the Bayou Teche region. It deals with prejudices between cultures in the early days of statehood and a bittersweet romance that develops between an American and an Acadian. The novel won a National Press Women award and was a finalist for the 1999 Holt and Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice awards. Cherie Claire is the pseudonym of South Louisiana native Chere Dastugue Coen, a journalist and author.

Emilie, the first book in a historical trilogy, begins the Gallant family saga and recounts their quest to reunite their family, torn apart by the English exile from Nova Scotia in 1755. When eldest daughter Emilie Gallant arrives in Louisiana, she is determined to find her father, even if it means following her lifelong friend Lorenz Landry through the treacherous wilderness. Now, as they’re thrown together, perilous days give way to sultry nights and a love that cannot be denied.

Rose, the youngest sister of the Gallant family, continues the saga. She shocks her family when she falls for an English pioneer. Knowing a union with Englishman Coleman Thorpe is forbidden, Rose considers the hand of a rich Creole who vows to help her family. But her heart cannot resist the tender and passionate neighbor who is determined to win both her love and her family’s approval.

Gabrielle, the final book in the trilogy, is a story of heartbreak, separation and reunion. Here’s the back copy to give you a glimpse:

“From the moment she met Captain Jean Bouclaire on the banks of the mighty Mississippi, Gabrielle Gallant felt her imagination - and her innocent heart - stirred by the sun-bronzed and dangerously handsome seafarer. And when he swept her into his arms, it hardly seemed to matter that he was a smuggler by trade...until the day he drew his sword in a duel that went tragically awry. Suddenly the bold privateer Gabrielle desired was a man on the run with a price on his head. Now it will take a miracle to bring them together...or the courage of a woman who will risk everything to be with the man she loves.”

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Databases for the Study of Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1699-1860 Computerized Information from Original Manuscript Sources Edited by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. A CD-ROM collection of more than 100,000 records from countless civil documents, manuscripts, and published censuses provides an unprecedented look into the lives of Africans and people of African descent in Louisiana -- as well as of their owners and freers -- from earliest colonial times through 1860. The centerpiece of the disc is Hall's Louisiana Slave Database, 1719-1820, a monumental collection of more than 100,000 records and 114 fields entered almost entirely from original manuscript sources written in French, Spanish, and English discovered in archives in Louisiana, Texas, France, and Spain. Requires DOS or Windows and database software.

Civil War Reminiscences of Major Silas T. Grisamore, C.S.A. Edited by Arthur W. Bergeron Jr. A compilation of columns published in the Thibodaux Sentinel in the 1860s and 1870s are the crux of this book. Grisamore was a politician, businessman, journalist and quartermaster for the 18th Louisiana. Grisamore, a former mayor of Thibodaux, offers a view of the war from the viewpoint of one who was there in a supporting role. His text is augmented with notes from the editor giving a fuller explanation of people, places and events mentioned in the story.

Hot Beignets and Warm Boudoirs: A Collection of Recipes from Louisiana's Bed and Breakfasts, by Chef John Folse. The book looks at 26 bed and breakfasts around the state under the premise that they feature the two main ingredients to life in Louisiana -- food and romance. It is the companion book to his PBS series by the same name.

A Lesson Before Dying From the author of "A Gathering of Old Men" and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" comes a deep and compassionate novel. A young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to teach visits a black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. An HBO movie version of this book was filmed near Thibodaux in 1999.

Here are some other selections of interest:

Touched by War: Battles Fought in the Lafourche District By Christopher G. Pena

Grandma Was a Sailmaker; Tales of the Cajun Wetlands By Verne Pitre

Cajun Night Before Christmas by Howard Jacobs and James Rice

Sweet Surprise By Pamela Folse, with illustrations by Geralyn Millet

Bonfire Christmas: A Cajun Holiday Tradition By Pamela Folse

Never Kiss an Alligator on the Lips!: The Life and Trying Times of Boudreaux the Cajun By Curt Boudreaux

Barrow Family & the Barataria & Lafourche Canal: The Transportation Revolution in Louisiana, 1829-1925 By Thomas A. Becnel

Senator Allen Ellender of Louisiana: A Biography By Thomas A. Becnel

Historical Scenes of Thibodaux: A Sesquicentennial Volume By the Lafourche Heritage Society

Acadian-Cajun Genealogy: Step-by-Step By Timothy Hebert

Huey Long By T. Harry Williams