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Book Synopsis Queen New Orleans by : Harnett T. Kane
Download or read book Queen New Orleans written by Harnett T. Kane and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Southern Queen by : Thomas Ruys Smith
Download or read book Southern Queen written by Thomas Ruys Smith and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible and entertaining look at this crucible period in the life of one of America's most distinctive cities.
Book Synopsis Queen of the South by : Thomas Kelah Wharton
Download or read book Queen of the South written by Thomas Kelah Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans by : K. C. Kelley
Download or read book The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans written by K. C. Kelley and published by Haunted History Set Two. This book was released on 2021 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the tombs at Saint Louis Cemetery Number One, lies the final resting place for the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. But is this famous queen really at rest? Visitors flock to Marie Laveau's tomb to ask this powerful woman for favors from beyond the grave. Can the woman famous for calling on the spirits for help be providing help as a spirit? Find out in this graphic thriller. Then, learn about other creepy cemeteries.
Book Synopsis The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux by : Ina J. Fandrich
Download or read book The Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux written by Ina J. Fandrich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-04-21 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the emergence of powerful female leadership in New Orleans' Voodoo tradition. It provides a careful examination of the cultural, historical, economic, demographic and socio-political factors that contributed both to the feminization of this religious culture and its strong female leaders.
Book Synopsis The Voodoo Queen by : Robert Tallant
Download or read book The Voodoo Queen written by Robert Tallant and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1984-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witch? Sorceress? Daughter of Satan? Thief? Saint? Born in 1794, Marie Laveau reigned as the undisputed Queen of the Voodoos for nearly a century. Her beauty and powers were legendary, and caused her to be the subject of wild gossip throughout her life. She passed on her secrets to a favorite daughter, who helped her dominate the underworld of voodoo in New Orleans. "It is an absorbing tale, and the emotional undertones, the conflicts in her human relations, the overwhelming loneliness of her position, all come through the story of a strange life." Kirkus Reviews "The author creates a vivid, haunting atmosphere, which (like Marie's arts) holds the reader in spell. . . . an intriguing novel that is competently mounted and exceedingly well executed." New York Times
Download or read book Singing Out Loud written by Marilee Eaves and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born during World War II, Marilee Eaves has long struggled to fit into the New Orleans elite—secret Mardi Gras societies that ruled the city—into which she was born. Then, as a student at Wellesley, she’s hospitalized at McLean psychiatric hospital, where she begins to realize how much of herself she’s sacrificed to blend into and be fully accepted by the exclusive and exclusionary white Uptown New Orleans culture to which she supposedly belongs. In Singing Out Loud, Eaves tells of her journey to stand on her own two feet—to find a way to be grounded and evolved in the midst of that culture. Along the way, she wrestles with bipolar disorder, alcoholism, and the effects of her bad (heartbreaking, and sometimes hilarious) choices. Raw and funny, this book offers hope and encouragement to those willing to be vulnerable, address their issues, and laugh at themself in order to embrace who they truly are.
Book Synopsis The Magic of Marie Laveau by : Denise Alvarado
Download or read book The Magic of Marie Laveau written by Denise Alvarado and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and work of the legendary “Pope of Voodoo,” Marie Laveau—a free woman of color who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts; certainly, she is among the most famous. She is the subject of songs, films, and legends and the star of New Orleans ghost tours. Her grave in New Orleans ranks among the most popular spiritual pilgrimages in the US. Devotees venerate votive images of Laveau, who proclaimed herself the “Pope of Voodoo.” She is the subject of respected historical biographies and the inspiration for novels by Francine Prose and Jewell Parker Rhodes. She even appears in Marvel Comics and on the television show American Horror Story: Coven, where she was portrayed by Angela Bassett. Author Denise Alvarado explores Marie Laveau’s life and work—the fascinating history and mystery. This book gives an overview of New Orleans Voodoo, its origins, history, and practices. It contains spells, prayers, rituals, recipes, and instructions for constructing New Orleans voodoo-style altars and crafting a voodoo amulet known as a gris-gris.
Book Synopsis A New Orleans Voudou Priestess by : Carolyn Morrow Long
Download or read book A New Orleans Voudou Priestess written by Carolyn Morrow Long and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2007-10-07 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against the backdrop of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Orleans, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau disentangles the complex threads of the legend surrounding the famous Voudou priestess. According to mysterious, oft-told tales, Laveau was an extraordinary celebrity whose sorcery-fueled influence extended widely from slaves to upper-class whites. Some accounts claim that she led the "orgiastic" Voudou dances in Congo Square and on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, kept a gigantic snake named Zombi, and was the proprietress of an infamous house of assignation. Though legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, she also was known for her kindness and charity, nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners, and her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. The true story of Marie Laveau, though considerably less flamboyant than the legend, is equally compelling. In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication, Long explores the unique social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Marie Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined. Changes in New Orleans engendered by French and Spanish rule, the Louisiana Purchase, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow segregation affected seven generations of Laveau's family, from enslaved great-grandparents of pure African blood to great-grandchildren who were legally classified as white. Simultaneously, Long examines the evolution of New Orleans Voudou, which until recently has been ignored by scholars.
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Book Synopsis Bloody Mary's Guide to Hauntings, Horrors, and Dancing with the Dead by : Bloody Mary
Download or read book Bloody Mary's Guide to Hauntings, Horrors, and Dancing with the Dead written by Bloody Mary and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ". . . known as 'The Poet Priestess of the Spirit of New Orleans' Bloody Mary is a true spokeswoman of her hometown . . ."--Southern Women Magazine In 15 compelling chapters, Bloody Mary shares with readers her experiences with the ghosts and haunted happenings of New Orleans. Among the tales of the supernatural are: A visit to a haunted sanitarium A meeting with Julie the Ghost of Forbidden Love The story of Madame La Laurie, La Vampyra Meetings with Jean Lafitte, the Gentleman Pirate Encounters with the ghosts in New Orleans graveyards Each chapters ends with "Afterlife Lessons and Warnings" that help readers navigate the seen and the unseen worlds. What makes these stories particularly engaging is the persona of Bloody Mary. She is not only a psychic investigator, she is also a psychic healer--she offers healing and kindness to spirits that walk the earth and also helps readers find spiritual lessons in encounters with the spirit world.
Book Synopsis Drag Queen Cookbook by : Poppy Tooker
Download or read book Drag Queen Cookbook written by Poppy Tooker and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Poppy Tooker says her new book “Drag Queen Brunch” was a community effort that practically wrote itself. It combines brunch recipes from Tooker and New Orleans restaurants and short profiles of local drag queens Vinsantos, Jessica Champagne, Laveau Contraire and a dozen others. There are 60 recipes for cocktails and traditional brunch dishes such as grits and grillades, pain perdu and calas. Restaurant recipes include Brennan’s bananas Foster, Palace Cafe’s crabmeat cheesecake, Saba chef and owner Alon Shaya’s shakshuka and chef Isaac Toups’ boudin breakfast burritos. The coffee table book features Sam Hanna’s vibrant images of queens and brunch dishes. It also incorporates local history, including Tooker’s favorite ghost story of Julian Eltinge, a cross-dressing actor popular in the early 1900s."--Gambit.
Book Synopsis Southern Queen by : Thomas Ruys Smith
Download or read book Southern Queen written by Thomas Ruys Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Orleans occupies a singular position within American life. Drawing deeply from Old World traditions and New World possibilities, the port city of the Mississippi has proved a lure to an extraordinary variety of travellers from its very earliest days. New Orleans has always been a world city like no other: it combines the magnolia and moonlight appeal of Southern romanticism, a popular sense of exoticism and decadence, the hint of illicit sex, and a cultural history without compare. However, alongside the glamour there runs another story - of tension, conflict, hardship and destruction. It was in the nineteenth century that the city's most distinctive characteristics were forged, and chapters will be based around signal moments that reveal the city's essential qualities: the Battle of New Orleans in 1815; the World's Fair in 1884; the establishment of Storyville in 1897. Whilst painting a portrait of the public face of New Orleans, the book will look behind the carnival mask to explore aspects of the city's history which have so often been kept hidden from view.
Download or read book Big Freedia written by Big Freedia and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the eponymous star of one of the most popular reality shows in Fuse’s history, this no-holds-barred memoir and “snappily dictated story of inverted cultural norms in the wards of New Orleans” (East Bay Express) reveals the fascinating truth about a gay, self-proclaimed mama’s boy who exploded onto the formerly underground Bounce music scene and found acceptance, healing, self-expression, and stardom. As the “undisputed ambassador” of the energetic, New Orleans-based Bounce movement, Big Freedia isn’t afraid to twerk, wiggle, and shake her way to self-confidence, and is encouraging her fans to do the same. In her engrossing memoir, Big Freedia tells the inside story of her path to fame, the peaks and valleys of her personal life, and the liberation that Bounce music brings to herself and every one of her fans who is searching for freedom. Big Freedia immediately pulls us into the relationship between her personal life and her career as an artist; being a “twerking sissy” is not just a job, she says, but a salvation. A place to find solace and escape from the battles she faced growing up in the worst neighborhood in New Orleans. To deal with losing loved ones to the violence on the streets, drug overdoses, and jail. To survive hurricane Katrina by living on her roof for two days with three adults and a child. To grapple with the difficulties and celebrate the joys of living. In this eye-opening memoir that bursts with energy, you’ll learn the history of the Bounce movement and meet all the colorful characters that pepper its music scene. “Whether detailing the highs or the lows, Freedia’s tales pop as much as the booty that made her famous” (Out Magazine).
Download or read book Queen New Orleans written by Outlet and published by . This book was released on 1988-12-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Dooky Chase Cookbook by : Leah Chase
Download or read book The Dooky Chase Cookbook written by Leah Chase and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Orleans Noir written by Ted O'Brien and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original anthology of noir fiction set across the Big Easy includes new stories by Ace Atkins, Laura Lippman, Maureen Tan, and more. New Orleans has always the home of the lovable rogue, the poison magnolia, the bent politico, and the heartless con artist. And in post-Katrina times, it’s the same old story—only with a new breed of carpetbagger thrown in. In other words, it’s fertile ground for noir fiction. This sparkling collection of tales, set both before and after the storm, explores the city’s gutted neighborhoods, its outwardly gleaming “sliver by the river,” its still-raunchy French Quarter, and other hoods so far from the Quarter they might as well be on another continent. It also looks back into the city’s darkly colorful, nineteenth century past. New Orleans Noir includes brand-new stories by Ace Atkins, Laura Lippman, Patty Friedmann, Barbara Hambly, Tim McLoughlin, Olympia Vernon, David Fulmer, Jervey Tervalon, James Nolan, Kalamu ya Salaam, Maureen Tan, Thomas Adcock, Jeri Cain Rossi, Christine Wiltz, Greg Herren, Julie Smith, Eric Overmyer, and Ted O’Brien. A portion of the profits from New Orleans Noir will be donated to Katrina KARES, a hurricane relief program sponsored by the New Orleans Institute that awards grants to writers affected by the hurricane.