An Untractable Country: The History of Kenner, Louisiana

An Untractable Country: The History of Kenner, Louisiana

Explores the history of Kenner, Louisiana, which, though "primarily known as a suburban community where the New Orleans Armstrong International Airport is located ... has experienced a transition from the primitive native hunting grounds of its first residents to one of Louisiana's largest cities"-- Craig Bauer is Professor of History at the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans, where he currently holds the Nancy O’Neill Endowed Professorship III in History. In addition to his current work An Untractable Country: The History of Kenner, Louisiana, he is author of the books Creole Genesis: The Bringier Family and Antebellum Plantation Life in Louisiana, published in 2011, and A Leader Among Peers: The Life and Times of Duncan Farrar Kenner, published in 1993. He has also published several journal and periodical articles on Louisiana history and the juvenile justice system.