Significant Events:1927 — Father MississippiPhoto-text combination which reflects contemporary captioning practice. Unique among most of the books documenting the problems of the South in that it is written by a local author, using much of the local talent. 1928 — Fabulous New Orleans 1929 — Old Louisiana 1930 — Lafitte, the Pirate All three subsequent were books illustrated by drawings by E.H. Suydam rather than photographs. |
 LYLE SAXON AT A TOMB ON GRAND ISLE |
Harvey, Chance, and Lyle Saxon. The Life and Selected Letters of Lyle Saxon. . Gretna, La: Pelican Pub, 2003.
Louisiana Writers' Project, et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1945.
Saxon, Lyle. Children of Strangers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937.
---. Father Mississippi. New York, London: The Century Co, 1927.
Saxon, Lyle, and Edward Dreyer. The Friends of Joe Gilmore. New York: Hastings House, 1948.
Saxon, Lyle, and E. H Suydam. Fabulous New Orleans. New York, London: The Century Co, 1928.
---. Lafitte, the Pirate. New York, London: The Century co, 1930.
---. Old Louisiana. New York, London: The Century Co, 1929.
Thomas, James W. Lyle Saxon a Critical Biography. Southern Literary Series vol. 3. Birmingham, Ala: Summa Publications, 1991.