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Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455607282
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (556 download)
Download or read book Leon Fremaux's New Orleans Characters written by and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leda H. Plauché
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (973 download)
Download or read book Old New Orleans Characters written by Leda H. Plauché and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeanne deLavigne
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807152935
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans written by Jeanne deLavigne and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “He struck a match to look at his watch. In the flare of the light they saw a young woman just at Pitot’s elbow—a young woman dressed all in black, with pale gold hair, and a baby sleeping on her shoulder. She glided to the edge of the bridge and stepped noiselessly off into the black waters.”—from Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans Ghosts are said to wander along the rooftops above New Orleans’ Royal Street, the dead allegedly sing sacred songs in St. Louis Cathedral, and the graveyard tomb of a wealthy madam reportedly glows bright red at night. Local lore about such supernatural sightings, as curated by Jeanne deLavigne in her classic Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans, finds the phantoms of bitter lovers, vengeful slaves, and menacing gypsies haunting nearly every corner of the city, from the streets of the French Quarter to Garden District mansions. Originally printed in 1944, all forty ghost stories and the macabre etchings of New Orleans artist Charles Richards appear in this new edition. Drawing largely on popular legend dating back to the 1800s, deLavigne provides vivid details of old New Orleans with a cast of spirits that represent the ethnic mélange of the city set amid period homes, historic neighborhoods, and forgotten taverns. Combining folklore, newspaper accounts, and deLavigne’s own voice, these phantasmal tales range from the tragic—brothers, lost at sea as children, haunt a chapel on Thomas Street in search of their mother—to graphic depictions of torture, mutilation, and death. Folklorist and foreword contributor Frank A. de Caro places the writer and her work in context for modern readers. He uncovers new information about deLavigne’s life and describes her book’s pervasive lingering influence on the Crescent City’s culture today.
Author : Sherri L. Smith
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101607858
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Orleans written by Sherri L. Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First came the storms. Then came the Fever. And the Wall. After a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined. Years later, residents of the Outer States are under the assumption that life in the Delta is all but extinct…but in reality, a new primitive society has been born. Fen de la Guerre is living with the O-Positive blood tribe in the Delta when they are ambushed. Left with her tribe leader’s newborn, Fen is determined to get the baby to a better life over the wall before her blood becomes tainted. Fen meets Daniel, a scientist from the Outer States who has snuck into the Delta illegally. Brought together by chance, kept together by danger, Fen and Daniel navigate the wasteland of Orleans. In the end, they are each other’s last hope for survival. Sherri L. Smith delivers an expertly crafted story about a fierce heroine whose powerful voice and firm determination will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page.
Author : Matthew Randazzo V
Publisher : Mrv Entertainment LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780692237489
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Mr. New Orleans written by Matthew Randazzo V and published by Mrv Entertainment LLC. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wiseguys called him "the Keith Richards of the American Mafia" and JFK hero Jim Garrison denounced him as "one of the most notorious vice operators in the history of New Orleans" ... but you can just call him MR. NEW ORLEANS. Mr. New Orleans tells the incredible story of Frenchy Brouillette, a redneck Cajun teenager who stole his big brother's motorcycle and embarked on a 60-year vacation to New Orleans, where he became a legendary gangster and the underworld political fixer for his cousin, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards. Written by Crescent City native Matthew Randazzo V, the wickedly funny Mr. New Orleans is the first book to ever break the code of secrecy of the New Orleans Mafia Family, the oldest and most mysterious criminal secret society in America. "Mr. New Orleans is a rollicking, disturbing ride through the underbelly of a bygone New Orleans, lined with moments of dark, side-splitting hilarity. If you're a fan of James Lee Burke, drop what you're reading and pick this one up. In an era when popular wisdom tells us T.V. has stolen all depth from the literary true-crime narrative, Matthew Randazzo has found a way to beat that trend mightily; he's gone straight to the source and captured the singular, confounding voice of the New Orleans' mafia's top political fixer with fast-paced, riveting prose and a fine journalist's eye for detail." Chris Rice, New York Times Bestselling Author "Mr. New Orleans is a total knockout: Take everything you ever imagined about the sleazy good times to be had in New Orleans -- the sleazy good times capital of America -- and quadruple it, and you have a hint of what's inside these sticky pages." Bill Tonelli, Author of The Italian American Reader and Editor for Esquire and Rolling Stone
Author : John Kennedy Toole
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802197620
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book A Confederacy of Dunces written by John Kennedy Toole and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).
Author : Dan Baum
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0385529600
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Nine Lives written by Dan Baum and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-02-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hidden history of the haunted and beloved city of New Orleans, told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters. “Nine Lives is stunning work. Dan Baum has immersed himself in New Orleans, the most fascinating city in the United States, and illuminated it in a way that is as innovative as Tom Wolfe on hot rods and Truman Capote on a pair of murderers. Full of stylistic brilliance and deep insight and an overriding compassion, Nine Lives is an instant classic of creative nonfiction.” —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Nine Lives is a multivoiced biography of a dazzling, surreal, and imperiled city, told through the lives of night unforgettable characters and bracketed by two epic storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Dan Baum brings the kaleidoscopic portrait to life, showing us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved. BONUS: This edition contains a Nine Lives discussion guide.
Author : Léon Joseph Frémaux
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780882894959
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (949 download)
Download or read book Leon Fremaux's New Orleans Characters written by Léon Joseph Frémaux and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A French national, Fremaux captured the familiar images of his adopted Louisiana from the 1850s through the 1870s. Each of the 18 full-color prints is accompanied by original captions in both French and English.
Author : Léon J. Frémaux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (197 download)
Download or read book New Orleans Characters written by Léon J. Frémaux and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeanne deLavigne
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807152927
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans written by Jeanne deLavigne and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “He struck a match to look at his watch. In the flare of the light they saw a young woman just at Pitot’s elbow—a young woman dressed all in black, with pale gold hair, and a baby sleeping on her shoulder. She glided to the edge of the bridge and stepped noiselessly off into the black waters.”—from Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans Ghosts are said to wander along the rooftops above New Orleans’ Royal Street, the dead allegedly sing sacred songs in St. Louis Cathedral, and the graveyard tomb of a wealthy madam reportedly glows bright red at night. Local lore about such supernatural sightings, as curated by Jeanne deLavigne in her classic Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans, finds the phantoms of bitter lovers, vengeful slaves, and menacing gypsies haunting nearly every corner of the city, from the streets of the French Quarter to Garden District mansions. Originally printed in 1944, all forty ghost stories and the macabre etchings of New Orleans artist Charles Richards appear in this new edition. Drawing largely on popular legend dating back to the 1800s, deLavigne provides vivid details of old New Orleans with a cast of spirits that represent the ethnic mélange of the city set amid period homes, historic neighborhoods, and forgotten taverns. Combining folklore, newspaper accounts, and deLavigne’s own voice, these phantasmal tales range from the tragic—brothers, lost at sea as children, haunt a chapel on Thomas Street in search of their mother—to graphic depictions of torture, mutilation, and death. Folklorist and foreword contributor Frank A. de Caro places the writer and her work in context for modern readers. He uncovers new information about deLavigne’s life and describes her book’s pervasive lingering influence on the Crescent City’s culture today.
Author : Elise Kirsch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (52 download)
Download or read book "Down Town" New Orleans in the Early "eighties" written by Elise Kirsch and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ellis Merton Coulter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Other Half of Old New Orleans written by Ellis Merton Coulter and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eliza Ripley
Publisher : New York ; London : D. Appleton and Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Social Life in Old New Orleans written by Eliza Ripley and published by New York ; London : D. Appleton and Company. This book was released on 1912 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Smith Whitaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sketches of Life and Character in Louisiana written by John Smith Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Léon J. Frémaux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (795 download)
Download or read book New Orleans Characters written by Léon J. Frémaux and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rob Walker
Publisher : Garrett County Press
ISBN 13 : 1891053183
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Letters from New Orleans written by Rob Walker and published by Garrett County Press. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January of 2000, Rob Walker left a high-powered media job in New York, and with his girlfriend, moved to New Orleans. Letters from New Orleans collects, in one volume, the delightful and unsettling observations Walker sent to friends and fans about his intriguing new life in New Orleans.
Author : James Gill
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604736380
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Lords of Misrule written by James Gill and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mardi Gras remains one of the most distinctive features of New Orleans. Although the city has celerated Carnival since its days as a French and Spanish colonial outpost, the rituals familiar today were largely established in the Civil War era by a white male elite." -- back cover.
