The most beautiful of America''s fifty statehouses, the Louisiana capitol in Baton Rouge ranks second behind the New Orleans Superdome as the state''s leading tourist attraction-and this comprehensive guidebook shows why.
Constructed in 1932 under the reign of Huey Long at a cost of only $5 million, the thirty-four-story tower houses some of the most impressive examples of art deco architecture in America.
A companion work to Pelican''s lavish pictorial volume, The Louisiana Capitol, published in 1977, this book is an ideal in-hand guide for on-site observation, appreciation, and understanding of the capitol''s art and history.
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Ellen Roy Jolly was a coauthor of The Pelican Guide to the Louisiana Capitol with James Calhoun. She was a resident of Baton Rouge during the same time that Huey Long was slain within the city limits, and in the book she vividly describes the tense aftermath of the shooting.