Isle of Canes is
the epic account of a multi-racial family in Louisiana that, over
four generations and more than 150 years, rose from the chains
of slavery to rule the Isle of Canes. Historically accurate, this
first novel by eminent genealogist Elizabeth Shown Mills is a
gripping tale of cultural and racial conflict, economic triumph
and ruin, and unyielding family pride told against the backdrop
of colonial and antebellum Louisiana.