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Topsail Island
Time often stands still along the picturesque shores that dot one of North Carolina’s favorite barrier islands.Islanders have always loved Topsail’s quiet, small-town charm and seclusion. Local author and photographer…
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Transforming New Orleans & Its Environs
Human settlement of the Lower Mississippi River Valley—especially in New Orleans, the region’s largest metropolis—has produced profound and dramatic environmental change. From prehistoric midden building to late-twentieth century industrial pollution,…
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UNE SAGA ACADIENNE
The first biography of an Acadian exile, Acadian Redemption defines the eighteenth-century society of Acadia into which Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard was born. The book tells of his early life,…
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Who Got the Baby in the King Cake?
Believed to have originated in twelfth-century France, the king cake tradition is an homage to the wise men (three kings). In New Orleans, as in Europe, a charm or plastic…