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Memories of the Old Plantation Home: A Creole Family Album
by Laura Locoul Gore, Norman Marmillion, Sand Marmillion
from The Zoe Company

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Memories of the old Plantation Home
  This book is an excellent view of the long ago Creole life style in Louisiana. I am a native of LA and have, since childhood, loved anything historical about our State. This is well written and beautiful reading, no cover up of closet skeletons, no painting pretty pictures where there are none, just simple, day to day life truths. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves history that is factual - not made up to make someone feel important when they are actually nothing.

• Step back to the Old South and have a sip of Mint Julep
  I purchased this book at the gift shop at Laura Plantation, which was named after the author. From the very beginning, Laura sweeps you back into her Creole childhood. Memories introduces all of the owners of the plantation home and their stories and then Laura preceeds to tell you her story and how she came to own it and leave it. After a visit back to the home in her later years with her children, she decided to write down all of the memories that were coming back to her as her children had a vast thirst... more info

• satisfying journey into the past
  I collect womens diaries and memoirs from the Civil War era as well as the pioneer era. This book is a must have for southern plantation buffs. I felt like Laura was personally introducing to each member of her family. The wonderful old photographs add so much to the text. Not sorry I bought this one and it will definitely stay in my collection.

• A look back in time
  We recently toured the Laura Plantation a purchased this book in the gift shop. I couldn't put it down! Laura wrote her memoirs so that her children would understand her early life on a sugarcane plantation. In these memoirs, Laura discusses how her great-grandparents obtained the land, how the property was run, and the lives and deaths of many of her family members. She describes fabulous parties in New Orleans and how she met her husband. The second part of the book is filled with additional information... more info

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