New Orleans (La.) - History
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Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans
$18.99 Add to cart“In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who’d s… [more below]
- Author: Armstrong, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: August 22 1986
- ISBN10: 0306802767
- Language: English
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Bourbon Street: A History
$49.95 Add to cartNew Orleans is a city of many storied streets, but only one conjures up as much unbridled passion as it does fervent hatred, simultaneously polarizing the public while drawing millions of visitors a y
- Author: Campanella, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 05 2014
- ISBN10: 0807155055
- Language: English
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A Guide to the Historic French Quarter
$14.99 Add to cartLocal author Andy Peter Antippas presents a walking history of the Vieux Carre, one alley, corner and street at a time.
Walking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses–and the imagination.
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Antippas, Andy Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 29 2013
- ISBN10: 1626192804
- Language: English
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Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City
$39.95 Add to cartIn Draining New Orleans, the first full-length book devoted to “the world’s toughest drainage problem,” renowned geographer Richard Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to de
- Author: Campanella, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: May 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0807178543
- Language: English
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City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300
$26.00 Add to cartIn 2015, the beautiful jazz funeral in New Orleans for composer Allen Toussaint coincided with a debate over removing four Confederate monuments. Mayor Mitch Landrieu led the ceremony, attended by liv… [more below]
- Author: Berry, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 146966402X
- Language: English
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The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square
$18.99 Add to cartNamed one of the Top 10 Books of 2008 by The Times-Picayune. Winner of the 2009 Humanities Book of the Year award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Awarded the New Orleans Gulf South B… [more below]
- Author: Sublette, Ned
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1556529589
- Language: English
