Poor man's Provence : finding myself in Cajun Louisiana

Johnson, Rheta Grimsley, 1953- (Author).

Summary:

"Poor Man?s Provence helps define what?s what through lively characters and stories. The book is both personal odyssey and good reporting, travelogue and memoir, funny and frank. This beguiling place is as exotic as it gets without a passport. The author shares what keeps her coming home to French Louisiana."--Inside cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781588382184
ISBN: 1588382184
Physical Description: 221 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Montgomery : NewSouth Books, ©2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Blood, guts and a bill -- A queen fit for a boat -- Fried turkey, stewed Cajuns -- Catahoula Cajun truck-driving mama -- Big ears and alligators -- Hot French bread when flashing -- Putting down roots -- A good time was not had by all -- The tool shed reading club -- Plate lunches by the pound, heartaches by the score -- Saint Jeanette and the simple life -- Hollywood might need Cajun Louisiana, but Cajun Louisiana doesn't need Hollywood -- Staying warm -- Angola bound -- Knife cocker of the year -- Doesn't travel well -- Courir de Mardi Gras -- Old trash pile road -- Rue de putt-putt -- My Mabel -- Harry, the doughnut bomber -- The retiring Romeros -- Stormy weather -- Fit to govern -- Personal notes.