title: Silhouettes-Rediscovering the Lost Art: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Art of Silhouette Portraiture
author:  Kathryn K. Flocken 
description: "...Silhouettes: Rediscovering the Lost Art, is a welcome addition to the very limited literature on silhouette cutting." -- <i>, Book Review Editor, First Cut (magazine of the Guild of American Papercutters)</i><br /><br />"Kathryn's book is the ultimate 'how-to' on silhouettes ever published. A definite professional guide." -- <i>Vincent Totera, Professional Silhouette Artist </i><br /><br />"This book is the most detailed and accurate instruction on the art of cutting silhouettes..." -- <i>Alexandria Skordas, Practicing the art of silhouettes for over 25 years...and counting! </i>
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  BAYOU MIDNIGHT
  
  EMILIE RICHARDS
  
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  BAYOU MIDNIGHT
  
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  New Orleans Nights, Book Two
  
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  by
  
  EMILIE RICHARDS
  
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  All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or
  utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic,
  mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including
  xerography, photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or
  retrieval system, is forbidden without the permission in writing from the
  author.
  
  All the characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual
  persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
  
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  Originally published by Silhouette Books in 1987
  
  Revised and Updated 2018
  
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  Cover design: Art by Karri
  
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  FOREWORD
  
  New Orleans Nights
  
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   _New Orleans nights are as intriguing as the lives of three friends raised
  together on 