Shane K. Bernard, New Iberia, Louisiana, is the author of several books on south Louisiana history and culture including Cajuns and Their Acadian Ancestors: A Young Reader's History; The Cajuns: Americanization of a People; and Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues, all published by University Press of Mississippi; and TABASCO®: An Illustrated History, distributed for the McIlhenny Company by University Press of Mississippi. Bernard lives a short distance from Bayou Teche.
