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Each year, nearly half a million people flock to Savannah, Georgia, to partake in the city’s historic and grand St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Boasting the second-largest parade in the country after New York, Savannah hosts a legendary party where everything is green and everyone can be Irish for a day.
This pictorial guide covers more than forty New Orleans monuments. From the statue of Joan of Arc that stands in the French Quarter to the bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the corner of Claiborne Avenue and Felicity Street, entries flow in chronological order, based on each figure’s birthday.
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Woven throughout the parish of St. Francisville in South Louisiana are picturesque bayous and rivers that made the surrounding land idyllic for constructing plantations and other grand homes in the early nineteenth century. Presented here in spectacular color photographs are more than 160 images of quaint cottages and elegant plantations of St. Francisville and its environs.
The day before Hurricane Katrina’s thirty-five-foot-tall tidal surge wiped away three hundred years of the Gulf Coast’s history, including numerous antebellum and other historic structures, Jim Fraiser and Rick Guy were still photographing the Mississippi Gulf Coast to document and preserve her history, culture, and architecture.
Compiled from Kerri McCaffety’s companion volume, The Majesty of the French Quarter, the striking images that grace these pages include such familiar sights as the St. Louis Cathedral and Antoine’s restaurant as well as rare glimpses of hidden courtyards and secluded interiors. Each of McCaffety’s photographs is accompanied by a caption that echoes the beauty of the iconic image.
Among those captured in image and word are Terence Blanchard, Harry Connick Sr., Jeremy Davenport, Fats Domino, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Dr. John, Ellis Marsalis, Frank Minyard, Charmaine Neville, Albinas Prizgintas, Katey Red, Paul Sanchez, Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, Uncle Lionel, and Johnny Vidacovich.
Lavishly illustrated with stunning color photographs, this visual tour through the largest continent on earth accompanies a major ten-part documentary appearing on the Discovery Channel this fall. Hardcover.
Wild Asian Birds Postcard Book includes the work of some of the world’s top photographers. This is a remarkable and timely tribute to the birds of this seldom-photographed continent. Postcards.
Wild Asian Primates Postcard Book includes the work of some of the world’s top wildlife photographers. This is a remarkable and timely tribute to the primates of this seldom-photographed continent. Postcards.