Winding Through Time: The Forgotten History and Present-Day Peril of Bayou Manchac

by Mary Ann Sternberg

Book Overview

Once considered one of the most important waterways in the American southeast and a vital link in a shortcut from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana's Bayou Manchac rests in virtual obscurity today. Few now notice the bayou--which runs for eighteen miles, forming the boundary between several south Louisiana parishes--or remember that everyone from French explorers and steamboat captains to modern-day loggers and fishermen have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807132535
• ISBN13: 9780807132531
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.3"