True Tales from the Pelican State-from the longest Civil War battle
to one of history's worst man-made disasters Louisiana is well
known for its spicy gumbo, Cajun music, and horrific hurricanes,
but few may know why Tarzan once swung through the piney woods, how
an entrepreneur used a land auction to build a town in a day, or
how one man's vision drew thousands of miracle-seekers to an empty
field for over twenty years. It Happened in Louisiana goes behind
the scenes to tell these stories and many more, in short episodes
that reveal the intriguing people and events that have shaped the
Pelican State. *Discover how a well-drilling job gone awry turned
an entire freshwater lake into a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater pit-and
temporarily created the state's tallest waterfall-in a matter of 48
hours. *Relive the night that a life-changing performance finally
put a world-famous rock 'n' roll legend on the path to fame. *Learn
the many disturbing reasons that one Louisiana prison-which today
has its own radio station and annually hosts the longest-running
prison rodeo in the United States-was once named the "worst prison
in America." *Read about a determined, compassionate doctor from
New Orleans who created a place of refuge and healing in his
attempt to cure societal castaways who suffered from "the illness
you do not talk about." Bonnye Stuart is a tenth-generation New
Orleanian who got her B.A. at Louisiana State University and her
M.A. from the University of New Orleans. She is the author of It
Happened in New Orleans, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Louisiana
Women, and Louisiana Curiosities (all Globe Pequot Press) and
Discovering Vintage New Orleans and Haunted New Orleans (both
Rowman & Littlefield) and she lives in Tega Cay, SC.
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