450 page, hardbound, wedgewood blue, gold-stamped, limited edition printed on linen paper, complete with family pictures covering James Creswell Gardner's early years growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana at the Gardner Hotel, before moving to Wilder Place, and then to Elmwood, when he became Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana in 1954.

Jim Gardner descends from a long line of political figures going back to a fifth removed great grandfather, Pierce Mason Butler and his fifth removed great grandfather, Thomas Bibb, second Governor of Alabama.

Jim Gardner is more than a political figure. He served one term in the Louisiana Legislature and one term as Mayor of Shreveport. During his tenure as Mayor he began the ball rolling to clean up the "Bottoms", in Shreveport.

The reader will get a glimpse at what makes James Creswell Gardner the beloved "Statesman" of Shreveport.

If anyone wants to know a historical fact of what happened in Northwest Louisiana, just ask Jim Gardner. He has a memory to astound most readers.

This book is a must read and will become a part of the permanent collections in the Archives Louisiana.

This may be ordered for $39.95 plus $5.00 shipping and handling charges.

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