{"product_id":"lake-pontchartrain-catherine-campanella-9781531626792","title":"Lake Pontchartrain","description":"Native Americans used Okwata, meaning \"wide water,\" as a shortcut for inland trade between the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River. When the Europeans arrived, the original inhabitants showed them the route--the settlement near the river became the city of New Orleans, other lakeshore communities grew, and Lake Pontchartrain continued to be a vital waterway well into the 20th century. Aside from its economic value, Lake Pontchartrain was a cultural mecca: Mark Twain wrote about it and jazz sprang from its shores; locals and visitors traveled out to the amusement parks and opera pavilions, simple fishing villages and swanky yacht clubs, forts and lighthouses; and majestic hotels and camps perched precariously over the water. In Images of America: Lake Pontchartrain, photographs document memories of a time that not even Hurricane Katrina could erase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Campanella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531626793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531626792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Catherine Campanella","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979939709183,"sku":"9781531626792","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bed5f54a-5a83-479d-8b2e-cad81f7bc910.jpg?v=1683247501","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lake-pontchartrain-catherine-campanella-9781531626792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}