Originally from Shreveport
Originally from Shreveport

Author: William Peavy

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781722923150

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"Originally From Shreveport: A Lite Off-the-Wall Memoir" by William A. Peavy III, began as a collection of off-handed recollections and evolved into a random, humorous, memoir. Peavy, a Shreveport native with deep southern roots, weaves personal insights with true stories of his family history, friends, his north Louisiana upbringing during the 1960s and '70s, wild LSU college days, and his life in Dallas as he navigates the booms and busts of the Dallas real estate market. It's an entertaining, light read.

Shreveport Chronicles
Shreveport Chronicles

Author: Eric J. Brock

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1625843046

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Here are heroes and scoundrels, businessmen and religious leaders, artists and soldiers, pioneers and plantersas well as a number of stories that are ironic, bizarre or simply curious. In this newest collection of his popular columns, Eric J. Brock portrays Shreveports historical pageant through the lives of a cross section of truly fascinating characters. From the enigmatic mayor Robert Nathaniel Wood to forgotten beauty queen Janet Currie, Brock sketches the men and womenboth ordinary and extraordinarywho shaped the course of Shreveport history. These biographical vignettes, originally printed in the Shreveport Times and the Forum News Magazine, are a must-read for any native or resident of northwest Louisiana.

Shreveport’s Historic Greenwood Cemetery: Echoes in Granite and Marble
Shreveport’s Historic Greenwood Cemetery: Echoes in Granite and Marble

Author: Gary D. Joiner, PhD

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2023-01-02

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1467152404

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Pause for a spell to visit with the remarkable inhabitants of Greenwood Cemetery. Greenwood Cemetery is resplendent in its gardenlike setting, gently rolling hills, sharply edged bluffs, impressively carved monuments and row after row of military gravestones. It is a social laboratory that helps those get to know who was here before and what their families wish future generations to remember about them. Visitors can find heroes and villains, mayors, bankers, industrialists, the well-to-do, and the forgotten. Some monuments are fascinating simply for their carved angels, others poignant in their descriptions of lives cut short. Indeed, all the markers have a story to tell. The most notable among them are included in this book. Stroll through Greenwood with Dr. Gary Joiner and learn a thing or two about those who rest here.