Overview
On April 22, 1896, Martin Begnaud was brutally murdered in his general store in Scott Station, Louisiana. Ten months later, after one of the most extensive manhunts in nineteenth-century Louisiana, public shock and outrage re-emerged when two teenage brothers from France, Ernest and Alexis Blanc, were arrested for the crime. William Arceneaux sets the story of Begnaud's murder, the Blanc brothers' trial, and the media circus surrounding it all against the backdrop of Acadian history. By intertwining a suspenseful account of this heinous crime with an exploration of the citizens it affected, No Spark of Malice provides insight into a fascinating people, place, and era.
Full Product Details
Author: William Arceneaux
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.50cm
Weight: 0.535kg
ISBN: 9780807130254
ISBN 10: 0807130257
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 01 October 2004
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
"""An unforgettable close-up of fin-desiecle Acadiana and a crackling good mystery story as well."" - Louisiana History; ""Essential reading for anyone interested in south Louisiana's complex rural society before the belated local arrival of Progressivism."" - Journal of American History; ""Arceneaux finds the grains of a real-life who-dunit in a most unlikely place - amid the rice fields of southwestern Louisiana a century ago.... It's a story that's worth telling."" - New Orleans Times-Picayune; ""Arceneaux does an admirable job not only of presenting all the facts, but also of re-creating the time in which the players lived.... A compelling story."" - Booklist"""
""An unforgettable close-up of fin-desiecle Acadiana and a crackling good mystery story as well."" - Louisiana History; ""Essential reading for anyone interested in south Louisiana's complex rural society before the belated local arrival of Progressivism."" - Journal of American History; ""Arceneaux finds the grains of a real-life who-dunit in a most unlikely place - amid the rice fields of southwestern Louisiana a century ago.... It's a story that's worth telling."" - New Orleans Times-Picayune; ""Arceneaux does an admirable job not only of presenting all the facts, but also of re-creating the time in which the players lived.... A compelling story."" - Booklist""
An unforgettable close-up of fin-desiecle Acadiana and a crackling good mystery story as well. - Louisiana History; Essential reading for anyone interested in south Louisiana's complex rural society before the belated local arrival of Progressivism. - Journal of American History; Arceneaux finds the grains of a real-life who-dunit in a most unlikely place - amid the rice fields of southwestern Louisiana a century ago.... It's a story that's worth telling. - New Orleans Times-Picayune; Arceneaux does an admirable job not only of presenting all the facts, but also of re-creating the time in which the players lived.... A compelling story. - Booklist
Author Information
William Arceneaux is president of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and author of Acadian General Alfred Mouton and the Civil War. He lives in Baton Rouge.
