Look Away Dixieland: A Carpetbagger's Great-Grandson Travels Highway 84 in Search of the Shack-Up-On-Cinder-Blocks, Confederate-Flag-Waving

by James B. Twitchell

As a boy, James Twitchell heard stories about his ancestors in Louisiana and even played with his great-grandfather's Civil War sword, but he never appreciated the state and the events that influenced a pivotal chapter in his family history. His great-grandfather, Marshall Harvey Twitchell, a carpetbagger from Vermont, had settled in upstate Louisiana during Reconstruction, married a local girl, and encountered much success until a fateful day...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807137618
• ISBN13: 9780807137611
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.8"