Freedmen and the Ideology of Free Labor: Louisiana 1862-1865 Main Street Thibodeaux brings writerly flair and

Thibodeaux brings writerly flair and deft narrative to these largely untold stories of a resilient folk whose very way of life is under siege

Queen Ida Peacock

“The Fear of Everything is everything a short story collection should be

These extraordinary tales range from surprising (such as his time as a tap-dancing prodigy) to intriguing (particularly the building of Acadiana Mall) to terrifying (including several life-threatening hunting and fishing adventures)

Freedmen and the Ideology of Free Labor: Louisiana 1862-1865 Main Street Thibodeaux brings writerly flair andFreedmen and the Ideology of Free Labor: Louisiana 1862 1865 by William F. Messner About the Book This book examines contraband programs undertaken by the Federal army in the Gulf Department during the Civil War, particularly the military's institution of a plantation labor program and education system for the freedmen, and the enlistment of blacks into the Union Army. It considers the ways that these systems were created in response to white