Samuel & Sarah Hyde

Samuel Hyde is Leon Ford Endowed Chair, professor of history, and director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University. He is the author of nine books, including the award winning Pistols and Politics: Feuds, Factions, and the Struggle for Order in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes, 1810–1935, and screenwriter of five docu-drama films. 

Sarah Hyde is the author of Schooling in the Antebellum South: The Rise of Public and Private Education in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and professor of history at River Parishes Community College. 

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Rebel Bayou authors spotlighted in ActionNews17 (11/13/2022)

Southeastern Louisiana University Leon Ford Endowed Chair, Professor of History, and Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies Director Samuel Hyde and his wife Sarah, River Parishes Community College professor of history, have combined their talents to produce a work of historical fiction titled Rebel Bayou. . . Read Now

Rebel Bayou authors spotlighted in ActionNews17 (11/13/2022)

Professors of history Samuel Hyde and his wife Sarah, have combined talents for "Rebel Bayou," a work of historical fiction. Samuel Hyde is the Southeastern Louisiana University Leon Ford Endowed chair, professor of history, and Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies director. Sarah Hyde teaches at River Parishes Community College. . . Read Now


Books by Samuel & Sarah Hyde