Vestiges of Grandeur: Plantations of Louisiana’s River Road

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In an evocative sequel to the acclaimed New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence, creator and photographer Richard Sexton returns with an in-depth visual journey in the course of the hidden mansions—a few inhabited, many now long abandoned—of Louisiana’s River Road. Bordering the Mississippi, these antebellum landmarks were once the epitome of gracious living within the Deep South. Over the last century, these grand dwellings have slowly succumbed to time, humidity, and the reclamation of the land: first by nature, then by real-estate developers who built subdivisions, oil refineries, and strip department stores where curtains of Spanish moss once swayed from the reside oaks. This collection—featuring over 200 haunting color photographs with extensive captions explaining the architectural significance and history of each and every structure—is a gorgeous elegy for a all of a sudden disappearing landscape and its ghosts.

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