ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book is a fantasy and contains stories of a bygone era which are told in a unique and . interesting fashion that children as well as adults will enjoy. Although most of the contents are based on historic fact, there is some mythology, Indian legends, and a lot of imagination. Maria, a lovely mermaid, appears to the author while he is fishing along Bayou Teche in southern Louisiana. She claims that she is the daughter of Neptune and is honoring him with a visit because he has been so kind to creatures along the bayou. At first, he is shocked and amazed, but then becomes keenly interested in her "on the scene:' revelations of Bayou Country events. Choice historical morsels which are brought into focus relate to the Chitimacha Indians; Acadian and Spanish settlers; the French Royalists of "Petit Paris" (St. Martinville); Evangeline; McIlhenny's nutrias; Mary Clara Weeks and Weeks Hall of the Shadows-on-the-Teche, New Iberia; Con-federate gunboat bravery during the Civil War; the Porters of Oaklawn Manor, Franklin; the Richardsons and their antebellum homes Bayside and Westover at Jeanerette; steamboating and sawmills; Jimmy Wedell and Harry P. Williams making world aviation history at Patterson; the Live Oak Society; a fictitious piece about Plassere Broussard of Breaux Bridge; and others. The nine chapters of this book are enhanced with superb illustrations by the talented young artist, Kate Ferry. 

Condition: Good. SIGNED! Inscribed, personalized (see photo)! Click on Photo to see actual item. Ships same or next day (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships in a BOX or RIGID mailer with padding. Ships from California. Pages: not written on, clean, bright, fine edges, odor free. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, bumping and small tears to edges.