Lorenzo Casso left his motherland of Italy during the turbulent years when Garibaldi was waging civil war across the land and, soon after his arrival in the United States, found himself caught up in the American Civil War. He became Ascension Parish's first Italian immigrant, settling in Donaldsonville, where he married a Louisiana Creole and founded theCasso family in Louisiana. His descendants now total almost five hundred. Pestilence, flood, crop failure, civil strife, death, destruction and disappointment-the age-old elements in man's struggle for existence-are all chronicled in this vivid and moving account of one family's life on the Louisiana frontier. Evans J. Casso writes about his Venetian grandfather with poignancy and admiration, while capturing the drama and pathos that characterized the family's rich history. His maternal ancestry, which is thoroughly French, reaches back into Louisiana's early history to such grandsires as Felix Babin, Theodule Richard, and Jean Baptiste Gaudin, a prominent sugar planter, landowner, and slave-holder in antebellum Ascension Parish.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER 1: The Old Country
- CHAPTER 2: Where Did Our Founder Come From?
- CHAPTER 3: America
- CHAPTER 4: Donaldsonville
- CHAPTER 5: The Parting
- CHAPTER 6: A Beginning
- CHAPTER 7: The First Business In The Family
- CHAPTER 8: My Queen
- CHAPTER 9: Civil War
- CHAPTER 10: The Miracle Of Birth
- CHAPTER 11: The Road To Appomattox
- CHAPTER 12: An Era Of Turbulence 1866-1876
- CHAPTER 13: Pestilence
- CHAPTER 14: The Uninvited Guest
- CHAPTER 15: The Mourning Veil
- CHAPTER 16: Into The Shadows
- CHAPTER 17: Names
- CHAPTER 18: The Transition
- CHAPTER 19: Lucien Joseph Casso
- CHAPTER 20: Joseph Christian Casso
- CHAPTER 21: Lucien Regira & Annette Jeanne Casso
- CHAPTER 22: Carl Angelo Casso
- CHAPTER 23: Dominique Joseph Casso
- CHAPTER 24: Michael Capone & Angelina Reine Casso
- CHAPTER 25: Lawrence Joseph Casso
- CHAPTER 26: Beauty Asleep
- CHAPTER 27: Reflections
- CHAPTER 28: Conclusion
- Index
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