Pelican Guide to the Louisiana Capitol

by Ellen Roy Jolly, James Calhoun

Overview

The most beautiful of America's fifty statehouses, the Louisiana capitol in Baton Rouge ranks second behind the New Orleans Superdome as the state's leading tourist attraction-and this comprehensive guidebook shows why.

Constructed in 1932 under the reign of Huey Long at a cost of only $5 million, the thirty-four-story tower houses some of the most impressive examples of art deco architecture in America.

A companion work to Pelican's lavish pictorial volume, The Louisiana Capitol, published in 1977, this book is an ideal in-hand guide for on-site observation, appreciation, and understanding of the capitol's art and history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455610297
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	12/31/1999
Series:	Pelican Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Ellen Roy Jolly was a coauthor of The Pelican Guide to the Louisiana Capitol with James Calhoun. She was a resident of Baton Rouge during the same time that Huey Long was slain within the city limits, and in the book she vividly describes the tense aftermath of the shooting.