Legends and Lore of the Mississippi Golden Gulf Coast
eBook - ePub

Legends and Lore of the Mississippi Golden Gulf Coast

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Legends and Lore of the Mississippi Golden Gulf Coast

About this book

Colorful tales of the MS Gulf Coast from specters to sodas and from buccaneers and pioneers. The story of the Mississippi Golden Gulf Coast can't be told without a few tall tales--pirates, buried treasure, ghosts and colorful characters pepper its diverse past. From incredible stories of the pirate Jean Lafitte to iconic legends like Barq's Root Beer, travel from Bay St. Louis to Biloxi and every nook and cranny in between to discover the legends and lore of Mississippi's Golden Gulf Coast. Local historian Edmond Boudreaux explores this exciting history, recounting the fantastic tales that launch the reader into the past and create a truly captivating history.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Mississippi’s Golden Gulf Coast
  9. 2. The Legend of Captain Patrick Scott’s Buried Treasure
  10. 3. Carved Magnolias and the Pirate Jean Lafitte
  11. 4. Jean Lafitte’s Deer Island Treasure
  12. 5. The Legend of the Pitcher Point Pirates
  13. 6. The Pirates’ Cave: Legend of the Pirate House
  14. 7. The Legends of the Ghost of Blue Fire and the Headless Ghost of Deer Island
  15. 8. The Legend of the Beautiful Ghost of Krebs Lake
  16. 9. The Indian Legend of the Singing River
  17. 10. The Indian Legend of the Ring in the Oak
  18. 11. Weaving a Tall Tale
  19. 12. D’Iberville and the Opossum
  20. 13. D’Iberville’s Cannons
  21. 14. Letter from Cat Island: The Battle of New Orleans
  22. 15. The Hermit of Deer Island
  23. 16. Jefferson Davis: A Vision of His Early Life
  24. 17. The Day the Liberty Bell Visited Mississippi’s Golden Gulf Coast
  25. 18. Pascagoula’s Old Spanish Fort and Cannons
  26. 19. The Monte Carlo of the South
  27. 20. Shoo Fly
  28. 21. George E. Ohr: The Mad Potter of Biloxi
  29. 22. The Isle of Caprice
  30. 23. The Ship Island Lighthouses
  31. 24. The Biloxi Lighthouse
  32. 25. St. Martin’s Miracle Man
  33. 26. Roosevelt’s Visit to Biloxi
  34. 27. Pass Christian’s Dixie White House and President Woodrow Wilson
  35. 28. The 1925 Mardi Gras Carnival’s Water and Street Parade
  36. 29. Biloxi: Birthplace of Barq’s Root Beer
  37. References
  38. About the Author