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Shreveport Martyrs of 1873 The Surest Path to Heaven
Author | : Very Reverend Peter B. Mangum, JCL; W. Ryan Smith, MA; Cheryl H. White, PhD |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2021-10-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781467150903 |
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In the autumn of 1873, one of the worst yellow fever epidemics in U.S. history swept through Shreveport. As the deadly scourge claimed a quarter of the town's population, the dedicated efforts of five missionary priests offered a call to hope, even as they laid down their own lives in the struggle. True martyrdom is vanishingly rare, extolled as the highest possible sacrifice, yet Shreveport bore abundant witness through these five saintly priests. Their heroism in the midst of this tragic chapter is captured here by a trio of authors, winding a narrative that transcends history to reveal complex themes of virtue, sacrifice and response in times of human crisis and suffering.
Shreveport Martyr Father Louis Gergaud
Author | : Dr. Cheryl H. White,Peter Bolton Mangum,William Ryan Smith |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2023-02-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781439677056 |
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Experience the brilliant mind of a man who sacrificed his life for the people of Shreveport. From 1854 to 1873, Servant of God Father Louis Gergaud, native of Heric, France, served as a dedicated missionary priest in northeast Louisiana. These years, often fraught with hardships, culminated in his decision to offer his own life for the people of Shreveport during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1873. The narrative of his life during these years, drawn from his own letters and papers, provide insightful commentary on issues as diverse as Catholic-Protestant relations in the nineteenth century South, the economics of commerce in an expanding nation, and the social impacts of the Civil War. Most importantly, these papers provide context to understand the character of a man whose heroic virtue led him to the sacrifice of his own life for strangers.
Historic Haunts of Shreveport
Author | : Gary D. Joiner,Cheryl H. White |
Publsiher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1596297743 |
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What makes Shreveport's Oakland Cemetery so spooky might be the mass burial of 715 victims of the 1873 yellow fever epidemic. Another bone-chilling locale is the city's historic Municipal Auditorium, which according to local legends may have briefly served as a morgue under the watch of Dr. Willis P. Butler, perhaps the longest-serving Caddo Parish medical examiner and coroner. Years after his passing, Butler is still seen dutifully working in the courthouse and other public spaces. And over at the beautifully restored Logan Mansion, unexplained mischievous pranks are blamed on the spirits of a young girl whose life was tragically cut short. Historians Gary D. Joiner, PhD, and Cheryl H. White, PhD, recount the true stories of these and other notable landmarks framed within the intriguing twist of the paranormal.
Literature in the Albemarle
Author | : Bettie Freshwater Pool |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Albemarle Sound Region (N.C.) |
ISBN | : NYPL:33433076036056 |
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Working Detroit
Author | : Steve Babson |
Publsiher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0814318193 |
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Babson recounts Detroit's odyssey from a bulwark of the "open shop" to the nation's foremost "union town." Through words and pictures, Working Detroit documents the events in the city's ongoing struggle to build an industrial society that is both prosperous and humane. Babson begins his account in 1848 when Detroit has just entered the industrial era. He weaves the broader historical realties, such as Red Scare, World War, and economic depression into his account, tracing the ebb and flow of the working class activity and organization in Detroit -- from the rise of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor in the 19th century, through the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the sitdown strike of the 1930s, to the civil rights and women's movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The book concludes with an examination of the present day crisis facing the labor movement.
Confederate General Leonidas Polk
Author | : Cheryl H. White PhD |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2013-02-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781614238690 |
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Leonidas Polk is one of the most fascinating figures of the Civil War. Consecrated as a bishop of the Episcopal Church and commissioned as a general into the Confederate army, Polk's life in both spheres blended into a unique historical composite. Polk was a man with deep religious convictions but equally committed to the Confederate cause. He baptized soldiers on the eve of bloody battles, administered last rites and even presided over officers' weddings, all while leading his soldiers into battle. Historian Cheryl White examines the life of this soldier-saint and the legacy of a man who unquestionably brought the first viable and lively Protestant presence to Louisiana and yet represents the politics of one of the darkest periods in American history.
New Orleans City Guide
Author | : Works Progress Administration |
Publsiher | : Garrett County Press |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2011-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781891053405 |
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In 1938, under the direction of novelist and historian Lyle Saxon, The Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration produced this delightfully detailed portrait of New Orleans. Containing recipes, photographs and folklore, it is consistently hailed as one of the best books produced about the city. Remarkably, many of the sites and attractions the WPA chronicled in 1938 are still around today.
The Shreveport Martyrs and the Yellow Fever Epidemic Of 1873
Author | : Ryan Smith,Cheryl White,Peter Mangum |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2021-09-21 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 057899691X |
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Five priests who gave their lives ministering to the people of Shreveport, Louisiana during the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1873.