| Recollections of Pierre Part and the Belle River Contributor(s): Cavalier, Geneve Daigle (Author), Caballero, Tre' Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467127973 ISBN-13: 9781467127974 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Travel | United States - South - West South Central (ar, La, Ok, Tx) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| Dewey: 976.343 |
| LCCN: 2017957369 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pierre Part and the shores of Belle River were inhabited by Acadian French-speaking people. They learned from their ancestors how to live off the land, and if more was harvested or hunted than their families could eat, they gave the extra food to their neighbors. There, each family resided in a small house, or a cabin'eau in French. It was typically a one-room structure with stakes (pier), walls (bar d'eau), and a shingle roof. Located at one end of the house, a fireplace was made of timber held together with mud and moss. Commonly, the home's frame was constructed of cypress boards, but some people also included cane reeds, palmetto, and shorter cypress boards to make the structure stronger. Some families would relocate from Bayou Lafourche to the swamps of the beautiful Belle River, where they had family or knew someone so that they could trap. When trapping season was over, they would return to their settlement. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cavalier, Geneve Daigle: - Geneve "Jeannie" Daigle Cavalier is a lifelong resident of Pierre Part. She is married to Larry Cavalier and has three children, Stafford, Shannon, and Seth. Her first book with Arcadia Publishing, Images of America: Pierre Part, was published in 2015. Jeannie's oldest grandson, Tre' Michael Caballero, is the coauthor of this book. |