tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150401294516799712023-06-20T06:58:47.195-07:00Shreveport BooksLiterature with a Shreveport connection. "Good reads!" say the tour guides at Tour de Shreveport.Tour de Shreveporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11510050440254081105noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315040129451679971.post-28478696544735055662007-08-01T07:04:00.001-07:002007-08-01T07:31:25.968-07:00Dont Ignore the Dead!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54905826@N00/967851008/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1067/967851008_f11ff3cd25_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="The Worthy signed by Clarke" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54905826@N00/967851400/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1427/967851400_5daafbe4a0_m.jpg" alt="Hardcover Copy of The Worthy" height="240" width="180" /></a><br /><br />We've selected <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Clarke"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will Clarke's</span></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Worthy</span> as our first fiction pick for Shreveport Books. A fitting selection for a company that has the ghost hunting Shreveport Spirit Tours.<br /><br />Clarke's book is a story about a ghost who has Shreveport connections. The New York Times named <span style="font-style: italic;">The Worthy</span> as an Editors' Choice. It's also going to be made into a movie. In fact <a href="http://booktourvirgin.blogs.com/book_tour_virgin/2006/06/two_writers_wor.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">click here</span></a> to discover how this project is connected to <span style="font-style: italic;">Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby</span>.<br /><br />Clarke has a great<a href="http://www.booktourvirgin.blogs.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> blog </span></a>you might enjoy. He's also got a <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=46879754"><span style="font-weight: bold;">myspace</span></a>.Tour de Shreveporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11510050440254081105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315040129451679971.post-63262991416985535012007-07-05T09:07:00.001-07:002007-07-10T13:17:38.438-07:00The Hippo of Cross Lake<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54905826@N00/728112444/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1072/728112444_e8aeab5c17_m.jpg" alt="Erick Brock's Shreveport" height="240" width="180" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eric-Brocks-Shreveport-J-Brock/dp/1565548701"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eric Brock's Shreveport</span></a></span><span> is a collection of vignettes on the history of Shreveport. The pieces were originally written for Brock's column that ran on the <span style="font-style: italic;">JournalPage</span>. </span><span>Today, Brock is a columnist for <span style="font-style: italic;"></span> <a href="http://www.theforumnews.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Forum News</span></a>.</span><br /><span><br />"It is not meant to be a comprehensive history of the city, but rather a sort of tour through its past," notes Brock in the book's introduction. </span><span>You'll find the story of Cross Lake hippo in the chapter Brock titled <span style="font-style: italic;">Strange but True</span>.</span><br /><span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Eric Brock's Shreveport</span> was published in 2001 by the <a href="http://www.pelicanpub.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pelican Publishing Company </span></a>in Gretna, Louisiana.</span><span></span>Tour de Shreveporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11510050440254081105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315040129451679971.post-60559003135644862162007-06-25T08:20:00.000-07:002007-07-10T13:17:59.330-07:00Damn Blunder<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54905826@N00/640544480/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1015/640544480_c2306a2636_m.jpg" alt="One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End" height="240" width="180" /></a><br /><br />Imagine riding in a submarine in 1864. During the Civil War they were built in the Shreveport Navy Yard. This is just one of the interesting facts Gary Dillard Joiner reveals in his award winning 2004 book <a href="http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/Reviews.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0842029370"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: the Red River Campaign of 1864</span></a>.<br /><br />Shreveport author Joiner has an attractive <a href="http://www.garyjoiner.com/gary/index.asp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">website</span></a> kept fresh with timely updates. He can be heard Tuesday Mornings on Red River Radio with his <a href="http://www.garyjoiner.com/gary/index.asp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">History Matters</span></a>.Tour de Shreveporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11510050440254081105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315040129451679971.post-24818995806921766982007-06-22T10:05:00.001-07:002007-07-10T13:18:21.246-07:00Shreveport Madam<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54905826@N00/590947270/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/590947270_5d1aa00583_m.jpg" alt="Annie McCune Shreveport Madam Goodloe Stuck" height="240" width="180" /></a><br /><br />While New Orleans had Storyville, Shreveport had it's own legal red light district. Goodloe Stuck's 1981 book, <span style="font-style: italic;">Annie McCune Shreveport Madam</span>, is about the bawdy history of Shreveport.<br /><br />Michael Parker at West Edge Books and News, located inside of the <a href="http://www.westedgeartists.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">West Edge Artists' Co-op</span></a> in downtown Shreveport at 725 Milam, can help you locate out of print books. Parker says he has an extensive selection of regional and Louisiana history books on hand. Email him at MPBookfreak@hotmail.com or you can catch him most days at the Co-op at 318 221-6961.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0006EME6S/ref=sr_1_olp_1/002-7707580-5146400?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182532005&sr=8-1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amazon.com</span></a> is also another good place to try to find a copy of Stuck's book.Tour de Shreveporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11510050440254081105noreply@blogger.com