{"product_id":"st-tammany-parish-walker-percy-9781565545632","title":"St. Tammany Parish: L'Autre Côté Du Lac","description":"\u003cp\u003eA good local history is an excellent and\u003cbr\u003eagreeable thing. It pleases on two counts. It satisfies the curiosity of the\u003cbr\u003einhabitants of a region, whether newcomers or old settlers, especially if no\u003cbr\u003eadequate history had existed before. It dispels myths, corrects old wives'\u003cbr\u003etales. And, if the history is first-rate, it goes beyond a factual account of\u003cbr\u003epersons and places, the particularities of a region, and shows the significance\u003cbr\u003eof these human happenings in a larger scheme of things, in this case the\u003cbr\u003eemergence of a new nation.\u003cbr\u003eEllis's history succeeds on both counts. It is a delightful and\u003cbr\u003eauthoritative account of lore which not even St. Tammanyites may have heard of.\u003cbr\u003eDid you know, for example, that there was once a flourishing wine industry in\u003cbr\u003eSt. Tammany Parish? That local vineyards produced excellent red and white\u003cbr\u003ewines, the red from Concord grapes, the white from Herbemont? Did you know that\u003cbr\u003ein 1891 a rice crop of 50,000 barrels was harvested, half the entire output of\u003cbr\u003eSouth Carolina? . . .\u003cbr\u003eEllis has rendered this pleasant and authoritative history in a graceful and\u003cbr\u003elively style and with a genuine affection for the people he writes about.\u003cbr\u003eWalker Percy\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick S. Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 156554563X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565545632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pelican Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.02w x 0.80d","brand":"Frederick S. Ellis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980103024895,"sku":"9781565545632","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a331750-f4d8-454e-b564-6e0b2ecf015f.jpg?v=1683248408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/st-tammany-parish-walker-percy-9781565545632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}