Robert tallant biography
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Tallant, Robert
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Biography
Author. Born in New Orleans, April 20, 1909. Educated in local public schools. Worked as an advertising copywriter, finansinstitut teller, and clerk before "drifting" into writing. His friendship with Lyle Saxon led to a position as editor on the Louisiana Writers' Project of the WPA. In this position he completed the writing of Gumbo Ya-Ya, the Project's compilation of Louisiana folklore. By 1948 his career was fully launched and over the next eleven years he produced eight novels and six full-length works of nonfiction, including three for Random House. Tallant also wrote and had published numerous short stories and articles on subjects of local interest. His 1951 The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans won the Louisiana Library Association award for the best book of that year. In 1952 his revision of the Writers' planerat arbete New Orleans City Guide was published by Houghton Mifflin. During the gods years of his life, Tallant lectu
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The Voodoo Queen
I learned that free people of color set themselves above and apart from the slaves, felt they were better than the black slaves, and were sometimes opposed to the abolition of slavery.
I learned that keeping the title of queen and control over the people among whom one did "work" often involved struggle with upstarts, some from within the queen's household.
I learned of Marie Laveau, who may have lived, and of her family life and loves. First, she married Jacque Paris, who left her because she practiced voodoo. Then, she married Christophe Glapion, with whom she had 15 children; 7 survived and I learned of their lives and fortunes. In the end, she is with Baptiste Dudevant, who loved her and wished to marry her. Marie refused his proposal, wanting to keep his friendship instead.
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