The Story of Louisiana (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Story of LouisianaThe history of Louisiana is so rich in minor incidents and so barren of any great features exclusively its own, that to write it with best effect would require several volumes as large as the one here presented. Much that belongs to the stories of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois and Texas would have to be included in such a work. For obvious rea sons, therefore, I have confined my story strictly within the boundaries of the Territory and the State of Louisiana. I have not attempted to record every incident. I have been forced to leave out many, and often the task of deciding what to use and what to reject out of the mass of materials has been a vexing one. Throughout this labor my aim has been to give a vivid, truthful and impartial impression of Louisiana's civili zation from the discovery of the Mississippi River down to the present time, and to so do it that the whole could be dis cussed fully by any reader within the space of a few hours.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.