The Builders Southern Louisiana the various stages of a

the various stages of a life full of passions and intrigues in the service of the United States and the Spanish Crown in the New World

particularly the research in and writing about the history of the American South

internal conflict

author of City of a Million Dreams

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The Builders Southern Louisiana the various stages of aThe Builders: Six Master Carpenters Who Shaped Louisianas Antebellum Lafourche Country By David D. Plater About the Book Between 1828 and 1850, antebellum Louisiana experienced a period of immense economic and population growth. During this era of unprecedented change, six master carpenters, all native to other parts of the United States, migrated to the Lafourche region of southeast Louisiana. In The Builders, author David Plater dives deep into the