Saturday, January 21~10:30am to 12:30pm
Vianne’s Tea Salon~544 Girod St. Mandeville, LA 70448
· Did you knowthat there was once a flourishing wine industry in St. Tammany Parish? That local vineyards produced excellent red and white wines, the red from Concord grapes, the white from Herbemont?
· Did you know that in 1891 a rice crop of 50,000 barrels was harvested, half the entire output of South Carolina?
Meet Judge Frederick Ellis and satisfy your curiosity about St. Tammany and the region. Find out what old wive’s tales really have a basis in true history and which are groundless.
Ellis presents a delightful and authoritative account of lore of which not even St. Tammanyites may have heard. He covers St. Tammany’s history beyond a factual account of persons and places and shows the significance of these human happenings in the larger scheme of things, in this case the emergence of a new nation. His affection for the people and place are evident and make the subject matter fascinating.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase or may be ordered directly from Pelican Publishing at pelicanpub.com
About the Author
A native of Amite, Frederick S. Ellis has lived in Louisiana his entire life. Staying in the state he loved, Ellis was educated in New Orleans at Tulane University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in geology before going on to further his education at law school.
Ellis has always been a community man. In addition to working as a judge in Covington and Orleans Parish, he has taught at Tulane’s and LSU’s law schools and has been involved with the Louisiana Conference for Social Welfare, the Louisiana Council for Music and the Performing Arts, and the Louisiana Association for Mental Health.
A proud citizen of the parish of which he wrote, Ellis delights in belonging: “Proud, independent, suspicious of government, and very suspicious of the law, they [the people of St. Tammany Parish] have marched through history to a different drummer. I am happy to be one of them.”
For further information about the signing or to reserve a book please contact Kerri Blache (985)624-5683 or kerri@viannes.com
ST. TAMMANY PARISH: L’Autre Côté du Lac by Judge Fredrick Ellis
Saturday, January 21~10:30am to 12:30pm
Vianne’s Tea Salon~544 Girod St. Mandeville, LA 70448
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