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3 unusual facts about Louisiana State University Press


David Kenyon Webster

However, Stephen Ambrose, a tenured University of Louisiana System professor of history (specifically, at the University of New Orleans) who had studied Webster's writings, was so impressed by the historical value of Webster's unpublished papers that the professor encouraged Webster's widow to submit the writing package to LSU Press.

Louisiana State University Press

Primary fields of publication include southern history, southern literary studies, Louisiana and the Gulf South, the American Civil War and military history, roots music, southern culture, environmental studies, European history, foodways, poetry, fiction, media studies, and landscape architecture.

Paul Dietzel

Dietzel authored a book that was published by Louisiana State University Press in September 2008, titled Call Me Coach: A Life in College Football.


William Bell Clark

He wrote several biographies of American naval captains, including John Barry (1745-1803), Nicholas Biddle (naval officer), Lambert Wickes, and John Young (naval officer) during the American Revolution, which were published by prominent academic presses, such as the Yale University Press and Louisiana State University Press.


see also

Louis Loucheur

Stephen Carls, Louis Loucheur and the Shaping of Modern France 1916-1931, Louisiana State University Press (1993-06).