7. Flavor of France
THERE IS little justification for including Louisiana as a part of the Southwest. Despite the fact that the French flag—tied to a pole in Louisiana—once waved over Texas, French influence on it and other parts of the Southwest has been minor.
ARTHUR, STANLEY CLISBY. Jean Laffite, Gentleman Rover (1952) and Audubon: An Intimate Life of the American Woodsman (1937), both published by Harmanson—Publisher and Bookseller, 333 Royal St., New Orleans.
CABLE, GEORGE W. Old Creole Days: Strange True Stories of Louisiana.
CHOPIN, KATE. Bayou Folk.
FORTIER, ALCEE. Any of his work on Louisiana.
HEARN, LAFCADIO. Chita. A lovely story.
JOUTEL. Journal of La Salle's career in Texas.
KANE, HARNETT T. Plantation Parade: The Grand Manner in Louisiana (1945), Natchez on the Mississippi (1947), Queen New Orleans (1949), all published by Morrow, New York.