Firsthand Louisiana: Primary Sources in the History of the State brings to its readers a companion to the study of Louisiana's history. Compiled for the first time in a single book, the dozens of important, interesting, devastating, and entertaining firsthand accounts cover Louisiana's history from 1682, when Sieur de La Salle claimed the land for the French, up through recent controversies over the removal of Confederate memorial statues in the state. Read letters, speeches, reports, and diaries to learn how the Bayou State affected and was affected by such events as the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, World War II, the civil rights movement, and more. Edited by experts in the field of Louisiana history, this collection also provides a fascinating read for non-academics who simply want to gain the perspective of the people women, men, Native Americans, whites, African Americans, and many others who created the state s complicated past.

Janet Allured is Professor of History and director of Women's Studies at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, where she teaches courses in the history of women, Louisiana, and the modern United States. She is co-editor of Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, Volume 1, with Judith Gentry (University of Georgia); Louisiana Legacies: Readings in the History of the Pelican State; and co-author of a history of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her most recent book is Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women's Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950 1997 (University of Georgia, 2016), and she is currently working on a monograph about southern Methodist women and progressive change. John Keeling is an assistant professor at McNeese State University. His research and teaching interests include Louisiana history, legal history, and southern history. Michael S. Martin holds the Cheryl Courrégé Burguières/Board of Regents Professorship in History at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research and teaching interests focus on Louisiana history, public history, and the history of the US South. The author or editor of several books on the Bayou State, Martin also serves as managing editor for the Louisiana History Association's quarterly journal, Louisiana History.

• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1946160676
• 526 pages / black and white
• paperback
• 6X8.75in
• Year released: 2020
• Publisher: University of Louisiana at Lafayette