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Redbone Heritage
Foundation is excited to add our Book & Novelties Store. We hope to add
interesting, information and educational materials of interest to Redbone
Researchers. If you have suggestions or request, you may contact us
Books, CD's & Printed
Publications
 
For 200 Years Redbones
have been Louisiana's mystery people.
By: Don C. Marler
Copyright 1997
For 200 years Redbones have been Louisiana's mystery
people. It is difficult to find another group about which so little has
been written. Redbones are a racially mixed group who moved into southwest
Louisiana and east Texas from the Carolinas beginning around 1800. For
various reasons they kept their past a mystery and eventually descendents
lost most of the knowledge of that history. This book uncovers much of the
mystery. It focuses on the origin of the name, the hearth community in
the Carolinas, their migration to Louisiana and settlement in the Neutral
Zone. Their violent culture is explored as is the culture that grew out of
the decision to "colonize" in various sections of southwest Louisiana.
While this book does not answer all questions about Redbones nor document
all their history and culture it is a first step toward reaching these
goals. Dr. Brent Kennedy, author of The Melungeons: Resurrection of a
Proud People, wrote in the Foreword to Redbones of Louisiana
that it is a "ground breaking book."
It is fitting that Redbones of Louisiana should be published on
this the 200th year of the Louisiana Purchase. People of Redbone heritage
have historically resented the term, knowing only that it was used as a
term of derision. In recent years they have begun to use it with the same
pride that Acadians now view the term Cajun.
Redbones of Louisiana is the first comprehensive history of these
mystery people. It is written in a positive, sympathy vein that
nevertheless does not sugarcoat any aspect of the history. It should be of
interest to anyone interested in local history and the genealogy of
Redbones.
Redbones of Louisiana is 347 pages, soft cover, photos, maps,
endnotes, bibliography and an index. It was written by local author, Don
C. Marler and is available from Dogwood Press.
Ben Stover, Pres. Neches River Writer's Group
Price: 25.00
Back Door To the United
States
By: Don C Marler
238 pages, soft cover, photos,
maps, indexed, bibliography.
Identifies and discusses outlaws, prominent citizens and events having
an impact on the No Man's Land or Neutral Zone (which is the territory
between the Calcasieu and Sabine rivers) from 1800 to the present.
Contraband goods, smuggling and privateering all contributed to this
areas reputation as the backdoor to the U.S. It should be of interest
to genealogists, other historians and those who love history and who
love to read about outlaws.
Price: $15.00
By: Webster Talma Crawford and edited by Don C. Marler and
Jane P. McManus
80 pages, soft cover.
Covers the history of the "Ten Milers" or "Redbones", the Rawhide fight, the
Westport fight, and the murder of John Watson - a participate in the fight.
This book adds to the written history of the Hineston (Southwest Louisiana)
area. It includes biographical sketches of several of the participants in
the Westport fight and documentation of the legal aftermath of the fight.
Price: $6.00
The Chronicles is a printed
publication issued by the Redbone Heritage Foundation. The Chronicles
contain informational & historical Redbone articles of interest to all Redbone
family researchers.
Coming to your library &
research center soon!
The first issue will be
free to all members, courtesy of Don Marler and Gary Mishiho Gabehart.
Thank you Don and Gabe!
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Member Subscription Rate is 10.00 per year and includes shipping and
handling. |
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Subscription
for Non Members is 12.00 per year and includes shipping and handling. |
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Single
Issue's are available for 7.00 and includes shipping & handling. |
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Redbone Heritage Foundation
1341 Grapevine Rd
Crofton, Ky 42217
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