ASIN: B00MH5C2BQ
Publisher: Greg Liles
Pages: 184
Louisiana is known today by many as only “The Mardi Gras State,” but others who have come here to share in its rich abundance of Cajun-style food and outdoor sporting activities refer to it as “Cajun Country,” or “Sportsman Paradise,” or “Bayou Country,” or “The Pelican State.”Whatever the reference, Louisiana is as different from one end to the other as day is to night. The northeastern part of the state is a large delta formed by deposits of soil and sand from the mighty Mississippi River, while the northwestern portion is covered in forests. The terrain in the southwestern part of Louisiana is flat and grassy and its midsection is covered with rolling hills.But in the southeast the land is covered with mile after mile of dense cypress swamplands. Trees whose branches slump, laden from Spanish moss that blocks out the sun, but fails to keep out the heat, and with water discolored by ...
