Louisiana: A History
Light Townsend Cummins, Judith Kelleher Schafer, Edward F. Haas, Michael L. Kurtz, Bennett H Wall, John C. Rodrigue
Paperback, 2014, 552 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 6th Revised edition edition
ISBN-...
From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969
Eric Eustace Williams
Paperback, 1984, 22 pages
Publisher: Vintage Books; 1st Vintage Books ed edition (29 Nov. 1988)
ISBN-10: 0394715020
This landmark work, by the late Prime Minister of Trinidad, illuminates...
Haiti: A Slave Revolution: 200 Years After 1804
Gregory Dunkel (Editor), Sara Flounders (Editor), Pat Chin (Editor) (Foreword)
Paperback, 2004, 233 pages
Publisher: International Action Center; Upd Rev Ex edition
ISBN-10: 0974752142
Drawing from a wide rang...
The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America’s First Military Victory
Robert V. Remini
Paperback, 2001, 226 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
ISBN-10: 0141001798
The Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's “Forgotten war” of 1812. Andrew Jackson led hi...
Jane King: The Leading Voice of a Generation of West Indians
Jane King is a well-known writer and poet from St Lucia. She has travelled the world, but returned home to guide art and theatre in her native country. Kreol takes a look at her life and contributions to societ...
Great Writers of the 20th Century: John Steinbeck
In a way, each of Steinbeck’s novels is similar to a great painting that emotionally overwhelms the viewer. When the viewer moves closer and examines the brush-strokes, the painting is just a lot of colourful s...
Book Review – A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry
Ned Sublette, Constance Sublette
Paperback, 2015, 752 pages
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2015
ISBN-10: 161374823X
A wide-ranging, powerful, alternative vision of the history of the United States and how...
Historic Houses of Virginia: Great Mansions, Plantations and Country Homes
Kathryn Masson
Hardcover, 2006, 256 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli International
ISBN-10: 0847828611
Virginia is rich in history and American culture. “Great Houses of Virginia” will present the best of its impor...
An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti
Marcus Rainsford (Author), Paul Youngquist (Editor), Gregory Pierrot (Editor)
Paperback, 2013, 408 pages
Publisher: Duke University Press , 2015
ISBN-10: 0822352885
As the first complete narrative in Englis...
Island People – The Caribbean and the World
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Hardcover, 2017, 464 pages
Publisher: Canongate Books; Main edition
ISBN-10: 1782115587
Clustered together in azure-blue waters are a collection of little islands whose culture, histor...
Book Review – Creole Belle
James Lee Burke
Hardcover, 2012, 400 pages
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN-10: 1409108996
This is a novel in the Dave Robicheaux series, acclaimed as 'one of the wonders of American crime fiction' (MAIL ON Sund...
Book Review – Beloved Outcast
Lorena Dureau
Paperback, 1987, 429 pages
Publisher: Paperjacks
ISBN-10: 0770105084
Beautiful Nicole D’Arecenaux is unjustly accused of killing a gendarme and is sentenced to death by hanging. But her senten...
Book Reviews – All Saints’ Day Secrets
Author: Nicole Loughan
Country: Louisiana, USA
Genre: Novel
2013
There is a new mystery on the bayou. Lisette, a beautiful Creole teenager, died on the last day of school in a boating accident. When the pol...
Book Review – Le Malaise Creole: Ethnic Identity in Mauritius
Author: Rosabelle Boswell
Country: Mauritius
Genre: History
2006
How does one explain the poverty and marginalization of a group that lives in a remarkably successful economy and peaceful society? A native ...
Book Review – Haiti’s Influence on Antebellum America: Slumbering Volcano in the Caribbean
Author: Alfred N. Hunt
Country: Haiti
Genre: History
2006
The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 as a slave revolt on the French colonial island of Saint Domingue and ended thirteen years later with the found...