{"product_id":"a-haunted-history-of-louisiana-plantations-9781626198753","title":"A Haunted History of Louisiana Plantations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeyond the fa ade of stately Louisiana platations are stories of hope and subjugation, tragedy and suffering, shame and perseverance and war and conquest.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter sixteen workers chopped down most of the Houmas House's ancient oak trees, referred to as \"the Gentlemen,\" eight of the surviving trees eerily twisted overnight in grief over the losses wrought by a great Mississippi River flood. An illegal duel to reclaim lost honor left the grounds of Natchez's Cherokee Plantation bloodstained, but the victim's spirit may still wander there today. A mutilated slave girl named Chloe still haunts the halls of the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville. Cheryl H. White and W. Ryan Smith reveal the dark history, folklore and lasting human cost of Louisiana plantation life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626198753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Cheryl H. White Phd, W. Ryan Smith Ma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662861922460,"sku":"9781626198753","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f8d39cb6-c5fe-4ff4-8819-0161a66777c5.jpg?v=1603902911","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-haunted-history-of-louisiana-plantations-9781626198753","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}