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Louisiana Place Names by Clare D’Artois Leeper, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Clare D’Artois Leeper

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Louisiana Place Names by Clare D’Artois Leeper, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Louisiana Place Names by Clare D’Artois Leeper, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Indigo

Louisiana Place Names by Clare D’Artois Leeper, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Clare D’Artois Leeper

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From Aansel to Zwolle, with Mamou in between, researcher Clare D'Artois Leeper offers an alphabet of Louisiana place names, both past and present. Leeper includes 893 entries that reveal a distinct view of the state's history. Her unique blend of documented fact and traditional wisdom results in an entertaining guide to Louisiana's place name lore. Leeper considers the origins of each place as well as each name, drawing attention to the individuals who transformed Louisiana from an uninhabited wilderness into a populated state. Not surprising for a region that has existed under ten flags, Louisiana's place names reflect a mixture of several languages and point to other locales across the country and around the world. Even the state's name, Leeper points out, combines the French Louis and the Spanish iana, meaning "belonging to" Louis XIV. Name origins trace back to geography, flora, fauna, religion, weather, people, and occasionally, a flood, a favorite book, or a popular local dish. Leeper conducted numerous interviews, visited courthouses, museums, and libraries, and more recently made use of the Geographic Names Information System to create this fascinating collection of Louisiana history and folklore. | Louisiana Place Names by Clare D’Artois Leeper, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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