The Book on My Father's Bookshelf

The book sat on a bookshelf in my parent’s bedroom for as long as I can remember. The shelf itself was a former window, occupied by an air conditioner when they became available in late 1950s New Orleans. When central air became possible, the window was reconfigured as a bookshelf. 

The title of the book was The Battle of Liberty Place: the Overthrow of Carpetbag Rule in New Orleans, written by Stuart Omer Landry. It was printed by a local New Orleans publisher, Pelican Publishing, in 1955. This volume was apparently part of a numbered edition, except the number is left blank. If I remember correctly, a friend of my father’s at the publisher gave him a copy as a gift.

 

The book tells the story of a pitched battle that occurred in 1874, when New Orleans was still occupied by federal troops. 

To continue reading, please see my post today at Dancing Priest.

Illustration: A drawing of the battle near the Customs House on Canal Street in New Orleans.

Some Wednesday Readings

 

Biden’s FBI targeted ‘radical traditionalist’ Catholics – Brandon Goldman at The Spectator.

 

”Shop Class as Soulcraft”: Let Us Recognize the Yeoman Aristocracy – C.R. Wiley at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

Our Knowledge System Has Collapsed. Can We Survive Without It? – Ted Gioia at The Free Press.

 

Emerging Civil War Podcast: A Grand Opening Squandered – Sean Michael Chick on the Battle of Petersburg.