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by William Arceneaux


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On April 22, 1896, Martin Begnaud was brutally murdered in his general store in Scott Station, Louisiana. He was bound, gagged, blindfolded, stabbed more than fifty times, and robbed of over $5,000. Ten months later, after one of the most extensive manhunts in nineteenth-century Louisiana, public shock and outrage reemerged when two teenage brothers from France, Ernest and Alexis Blanc, were arrested for the crime. William Arceneaux sets the story of Begnaud's murder, the Blanc brothers' trial, and the media circus surrounding it all against the backdrop of Acadian history -- from the 1604 establishment of a French colony in the Canadian maritime provinces to the eventual creation of a "New Acadia"in South Louisiana. By intertwining a suspenseful account of this heinous crime with an exploration of the citizens it affected, No Spark of Malice provides insight into a fascinating people, place, and era.

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Mother Nature has been good to Louisiana: picturesque lakes and mighty rivers, fertile soil, rich mineral deposits, abundant fish and game, lush forests, and broad prairies.

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  • Title No Spark of Malice: The Murder of Martin Begnaud
  • Author William Arceneaux
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher LSU Press
  • Date 2004-10-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780807130254 / 0807130257
  • Weight 1.18 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.86 x 6.48 x 0.95 in (22.50 x 16.46 x 2.41 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Deep South
    • Cultural Region: Mid-South
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
  • Library of Congress subjects Cajuns - History, Begnaud, Martin
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99015677
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

William Arceneaux is president of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and author of Acadian General Alfred Mouton and the Civil War, winner of the Jefferson Davis Medal. He lives in Baton Rouge.

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