{"product_id":"new-roads-and-old-rivers-louisianas-historic-pointe-coupee-parish-9780807145449","title":"New Roads and Old Rivers: Louisiana's Historic Pointe Coupee Parish","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Roads and Old Rivers captures the natural and cultural vitality of Pointe Coupee Parish  Louisiana  as seen in the stunning photographs of Richard Sexton  with text by Randy Harelson and Brian Costello. Pointe Coupee is one of the oldest settlements in the Mississippi Valley  dating to the 1720s. French for a place cut off  the name refers to the areas three oxbow lakes  separated from the Mississippi over centuries. Edged by the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers  Pointe Coupee remains a land rich in Creole heritage  distinct in geographical beauty  and abounding in historic homes and farms. In 200 color images  Sexton artistically portrays the regions sights: Native American mounds  bayous and lakes  productive agricultural fields and industries  slave cabins and plantation homes  small towns  and family and civic celebrations. Photographs include most of Pointe Coupees seventy surviving antebellum structures  along with some of its sixty-two massive trees listed on the Live Oak Society register. A timeline of key events situates the parishs history within the wider world. From the Pointe Coupee Coast -- where in the early 1700s explorers  soldiers  missionaries  colonists  and enslaved and free people of color began settling the banks of the Mississippi Riverto the Acadiana TrailUS-190  the only four-lane highway in the parishNew Roads and Old Rivers illuminates the history and cultural foundations of the entire state. This arresting portrait of Old Louisiana honors Pointe Coupee generations  past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651820838965,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807145440","price":29.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807145449.jpg?v=1781841101","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/new-roads-and-old-rivers-louisianas-historic-pointe-coupee-parish-9780807145449","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}