Eric Brock's Shreveport - Hardcover

Brock, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565548701 ISBN 13: 9781565548701

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Vignettes from the history of Shreveport.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Today, Shreveport boasts the largest collection of important twentieth century buildings in the state of Louisiana, and is surpassed only by New Orleans in the number of locations listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Shreveport has also boasted a number of famous residents, from Henry Miller Shreve, who made the building of the town possible, to Hudie Ledbetter, known for his contributions to American blues music with songs like "Goodnight Irene."

Writer, columnist, and Shreveport native Eric J. Brock has spent years documenting, collecting, and writing about this city, which was until the 1980s the second-largest city in the state.

This collection of vignettes on the history of Shreveport follows its evolution from trading post to port town, and from the Confederate capital of the state to a bustling modern city.

Eric J. Brock is a lifelong resident of Shreveport and has written countless newspaper and magazine articles about the city's history. He is a graduate of Centenary College, and is an active member of a number of groups, including Historic Preservation of Shreveport, the Louisiana Preservation Alliance, and the Oakland Cemetery Preservation Society.

From the Back Cover

Well-known Shreveport historian Eric Brock takes you on a tour through the city's past in Eric Brock's Shreveport. In this collection of vignettes from the history of Shreveport, you can witness the breakup of the great Red River log jam, relive the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1873, visit Shreveport's legal Red Light district, sing along at the Louisiana Hayride, go on a ride with Bonnie and Clyde, and retrace the steps of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Eric Brock's Shreveport includes chapters on:

" The Early City
"Neighborhoods and City Streets
"The City in Wartime
"Strange True Tales of Shreveport
"Shreveport's Cultural Legacy
"The Ever-Present Past

Intensely local, meticulously researched, and interestingly written, these fascinating tales of life in Shreveport will leave the reader both entertained and informed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1565548701
• ISBN 13: 9781565548701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272