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An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld

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An edition of The French Quarter (1936)

The French Quarter

An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld

First Edition

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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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Publisher
A. A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
462

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Subjects

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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Cover of: The French Quarter
The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
1973 10, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 1st printing
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Cover of: The French Quarter
The French Quarter
1966-12, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Pocket Cardinal edition, sixth printing
Cover of: The French Quarter
The French Quarter
1938, Garden City Publishing Co.
Hardcover in English
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Cover of: The French Quarter
The French Quarter: an informal history of the New Orleans underworld
1938, Garden City Publishing Co.
Hardcover in English
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Cover of: The French Quarter
The French Quarter
1938, Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., Garden City Pub. Co.
hardcover in English
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Cover of: The French Quarter
The French Quarter
1937, Jarrolds
Hardcover in English
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Cover of: The French Quarter
The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
1936, A. A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - First Edition
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Cover of: The French Quarter
The French Quarter
1936-10, Alfred A. Knopf
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The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
1936-10, Alfred A. Knopf
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The French Quarter: An informal history of the New Orleans underworld
1936-10, Alfred A. Knopf
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Table of Contents

Nouvelle-Orléans --
In the days of the dons --
Down the river to Dixie --
Le créole s'amuse --
The terror of the Gulf [Jean Lafitte] --
Filibusters --
Gamblers afloat and ashore --
Congo Square --
Voodoo --
"An epoch of degeneration" --
"Hell on earth" --
Some loose ladies of Basin Street --
Criminals' paradise --
Storyville.

Edition Notes

"Bibliography: p. [457]-462.
"First edition."

Published in
New York, London
Copyright Date
1936

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
976.3
Library of Congress
F379.N5 A78

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
7 p. l., [3]-462, xvi p., 1 l.
Number of pages
462

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Open Library
OL6343466M
Internet Archive
frenchquarterinf00asbur
LCCN
36025884
OCLC/WorldCat
225160
Library Thing
337693
Goodreads
44153751

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