About the Author

Stuart Omer Landry, one-time owner and publisher of Pelican, felt very strongly about the Battle of Liberty Place. Regarding the book he compiled on the subject, Landry wanted readers to bear in mind that the authors idea is to include all the material relating to the Battle of the Fourteenth that he could find. He is not trying to condense it, to describe the days events in a few words or to paraphrase or digest the words of others. His aim is to gather the writings and statements made by the participants and the journalists of the time, and to let the story tell itself.