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It Happens in Louisiana: Peculiar Tales, Traditions & Recipes from the Bayou
It Happens in Louisiana: Peculiar Tales, Traditions & Recipes from the Bayou
It Happens in Louisiana: Peculiar Tales, Traditions & Recipes from the Bayou
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It Happens in Louisiana: Peculiar Tales, Traditions & Recipes from the Bayou

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Only in the Bayou State do Louisianans travel door to door on horseback collecting gumbo ingredients for Mardi Gras gatherings. Residents compete in egg pâquer contests to see who can crack their opponent's Easter egg first. Louisiana is a place where frequent collisions with natural disasters can inspire a drink like Pat O'Brien's famous hurricane. And the state's history is filled with colorful figures like Governor Earl K. Long, whose wife committed him to a mental institution--only for him to use his political pull to inspire his own release. Elsewhere these accounts may seem odd or farfetched, but it all happens in Louisiana. Join author Sam Irwin as he details these intriguing Pelican State stories with pithy observations, humorous asides and droll determinations.
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Release dateMar 22, 2021
ISBN9781625856067
It Happens in Louisiana: Peculiar Tales, Traditions & Recipes from the Bayou
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Sam Irwin

Sam Irwin is the trumpet bandleader of the Florida Street Blowhards, a Baton Rouge-based traditional jazz band. A public relations professional and freelance journalist, Irwin has been writing about Louisiana for the last two decades. He grew up in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, the Crawfish Capital of the World, and wrote about that experience in Louisiana Crawfish: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean in 2014. He followed that book up with It Happens in Louisiana: Peculiar Tales, Traditions and Recipes from the Bayou in 2015. He is a former music major at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.

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