Mary Ann Sternberg: writer and author

Books
Along the River Road
The River Road along the Mississippi is the product of more than three hundred years of documented history and culture.
Winding Through Time
A personal narrative of "discovering" untamed beauty, historical significance, and threatened well-being of Bayou Manchac.
Articles
Thanksgiving Ghosts
An antique cookbook with a surprising family link.

Books


Along the River Road
The River Road along the Mississippi is the product of more than three hundred years of documented history and culture.

Winding Through Time
A historical narrative plus personal observation that introduces the significance, beauty, and environmental abuse of this splendid waterway, Bayou Manchac.

The Pelican Guide to Louisiana (no longer in print)

Articles


Paradise Valley farm is a little slice of gardener and foodie heaven

An archeological dig uncovers fragments of the history and daily life at a Spanish colonial outpost in 18th Century Louisiana

Rich with lore and history, the Mississippi River welcomes visiting Kiwanis conventioners to the Crescent City.

Thanksgiving Ghosts
Great Aunt Adele wrote the popular Twentieth Century Cookbook...which became a link to twenty-first century family.

"Sternberg knows River Road the way Bo knows Diddley. She sprinkles her guide with historic, literary and cultural references that bring the journey to life."
-- Times Picayune

"Bayou Manchac has found a worthy champion in Mary Ann Sternberg, whose graceful prose and clear-eyed passion challenge us to find a way to protect this unique and charming waterway."
-- Christine Jerome, author of An Adirondack Passage

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