{"product_id":"our-people-and-our-history-fifty-creole-portraits-paperback","title":"Our People and Our History: Fifty Creole Portraits - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodolphe Lucien Desdunes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDorothea Olga McCants\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eCharles E. O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated and Edited by Sister Dorothea Olga McCants, Daughter of the Cross\u003cbr\u003eIn Our People and Our History, originally published in French in 1911 and translated into English in 1973, Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes records the lives of fifty prominent Creoles who lived in New Orleans at the end of the nineteenth century. Although he received little formal education, Desdunes -- himself a Creole -- was an articulate observer of his times and culture. His portraits of black doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians, artists, and writers are powerful evidence of the extraordinary role that Creoles played in the cultural and political history of Louisiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSister Dorothea Olga McCants belonged to the Daughters of the Cross religious order in Shreveport, Louisiana. She also translated and edited They Came to Louisiana: Letters of a Catholic Mission, 1854--1882. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSister Dorothea Olga McCants belonged to the Daughters of the Cross religious order in Shreveport, Louisiana. She also translated and edited They Came to Louisiana: Letters of a Catholic Mission, 1854--1882.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 153\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.48 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131036274823,"sku":"9780807127407","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/fbc912d9c3c61c979542703e65df8a39.webp?v=1732615810","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/our-people-and-our-history-fifty-creole-portraits-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}