An edition of The French Quarter
(1936)
The French Quarter
An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
First Edition
by Herbert Asbury
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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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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.), historyPeople
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The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
1973 10, Ballantine Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 1st printing
0345235916 9780345235916
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The French Quarter
1966-12, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Pocket Cardinal edition, sixth printing
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The French Quarter: an informal history of the New Orleans underworld
1938, Garden City Publishing Co.
Hardcover
in English
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The French Quarter
1938, Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., Garden City Pub. Co.
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The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
1936, A. A. Knopf
Hardcover
in English
- First Edition
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The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld
1936-10, Alfred A. Knopf
hardcover
in English
- Second printing
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The French Quarter: An informal history of the New Orleans underworld
1936-10, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover
in English
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Book Details
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."
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Links outside Open Library
- https://www.kirkusreviews.comTHE FRENCH QUARTER by Herbert Asbury | Kirkus Reviews/book-reviews/herbert-asbury/the-french-quarter/
- In Old New Orleans; Mr. Asbury's History of the French Quarter THE FRENCH QUARTER: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld. By Herbert Asbury. 462 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. $3.50. Mr. Asbury's View of the French Quarter
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