The Historic New Orleans Collection - Afro-Creole Poetry in French from Louisiana's Radical Civil War-Era Newspapers Translated and Introduced by Clint Bruce
The original French poems appear here alongside Clint Bruce's sensitive English translations. A comprehensive introduction, biographies of the poets, and extensive annotations immerse readers in Civil War–era Louisiana. In his research for the volume, Bruce unearthed crucial issues of La Tribune long thought lost and discovered the extent of a poetic hoax undetected for nearly 150 years.
Flaws: The dust jacket has stains especially on the back
