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An edition of The French Quarter (1936)

The French Quarter

An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld

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Home to the notorious "Blue Book," which indexed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans' infamous red light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But New Orleans' underworld consisted of much more than the local bordellos. It was also well known as the early gambling capital of the U.S., and sported one of the most violent records of street crime in the country. In The French Quarter, Herbert Asbury details the immense underbelly of "The Big Easy," from the murderous exploits of Mary Jane "Bricktop" Jackson and Bridget Fury, two notorious prostitutes whose fits of violent rage were legendary, to the revolutionary "filibusters;" soldiers-of-fortune, who, backed by hundreds of thousands of dollars of public support, (but without governmental approval) undertook military missions to take over the bordering Spanish regions in Texas.
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Thunder's Mouth Press
Language
English
Pages
462

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Nonfiction, state & local history, Unites States history, New Orleans history, voodoo, Crime, Criminals, Gambling, History, Moral conditions, Prostitution, Social conditions, Conditions morales, Conditions sociales, Criminalité, Onderwereld (misdaad), New orleans (la.), description and travel, New orleans (la.), history

People

Jean Lafitte

Places

Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans (La.), Vieux Carré (New Orleans, La.), Vieux Carré, Congo Square, Basin Street, Storyville, Camp Street, Mississippi River

Times

1874, 1719, 1830, 1857, 1743-53

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1938, Garden City Publishing Co.
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1937, Jarrolds
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1936.

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New York
Copyright Date
2003

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
976.3/35
Library of Congress
F379.N56 V5294 2003, F379.N56V5294 2003

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
462, xvi p.
Number of pages
462

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OL3682156M
ISBN 10
1560254947
ISBN 13
9781560254942
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2003040202
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436156212
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1560254947
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337693
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An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld

Gamblers/Pirates/Madams
Adventurers/River Boat Bullies
Loose Ladies/Vigilantes
Voodoo Queens/Crooked Politicians
...meet them all during New Orleans' golden age of glamour and spectacular wickedness.

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