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Author | : Jeanne deLavigne |
Publisher | : LSU Press |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2013-10-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0807152935 |
Download Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“He struck a match to look at his watch. In the flare of the light they saw a young woman just at Pitot’s elbow—a young woman dressed all in black, with pale gold hair, and a baby sleeping on her shoulder. She glided to the edge of the bridge and stepped noiselessly off into the black waters.”—from Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans Ghosts are said to wander along the rooftops above New Orleans’ Royal Street, the dead allegedly sing sacred songs in St. Louis Cathedral, and the graveyard tomb of a wealthy madam reportedly glows bright red at night. Local lore about such supernatural sightings, as curated by Jeanne deLavigne in her classic Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans, finds the phantoms of bitter lovers, vengeful slaves, and menacing gypsies haunting nearly every corner of the city, from the streets of the French Quarter to Garden District mansions. Originally printed in 1944, all forty ghost stories and the macabre etchings of New Orleans artist Charles Richards appear in this new edition. Drawing largely on popular legend dating back to the 1800s, deLavigne provides vivid details of old New Orleans with a cast of spirits that represent the ethnic mélange of the city set amid period homes, historic neighborhoods, and forgotten taverns. Combining folklore, newspaper accounts, and deLavigne’s own voice, these phantasmal tales range from the tragic—brothers, lost at sea as children, haunt a chapel on Thomas Street in search of their mother—to graphic depictions of torture, mutilation, and death. Folklorist and foreword contributor Frank A. de Caro places the writer and her work in context for modern readers. He uncovers new information about deLavigne’s life and describes her book’s pervasive lingering influence on the Crescent City’s culture today.
Author | : Richard Sexton |
Publisher | : Historic New Orleans Collections |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780917860669 |
Download Creole World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Kent B. Germany |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 485 |
Release | : 2011-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0820342580 |
Download New Orleans After the Promises Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the 1960s and 1970s, New Orleans experienced one of the greatest transformations in its history. Its people replaced Jim Crow, fought a War on Poverty, and emerged with glittering skyscrapers, professional football, and a building so large it had to be called the Superdome. New Orleans after the Promises looks back at that era to explore how a few thousand locals tried to bring the Great Society to Dixie. With faith in God and American progress, they believed that they could conquer poverty, confront racism, establish civic order, and expand the economy. At a time when liberalism seemed to be on the wane nationally, black and white citizens in New Orleans cautiously partnered with each other and with the federal government to expand liberalism in the South. As Kent Germany examines how the civil rights, antipoverty, and therapeutic initiatives of the Great Society dovetailed with the struggles of black New Orleanians for full citizenship, he defines an emerging public/private governing apparatus that he calls the "Soft State": a delicate arrangement involving constituencies as varied as old-money civic leaders and Black Power proponents who came together to sort out the meanings of such new federal programs as Community Action, Head Start, and Model Cities. While those diverse groups struggled--violently on occasion--to influence the process of racial inclusion and the direction of economic growth, they dramatically transformed public life in one of America's oldest cities. While many wonder now what kind of city will emerge after Katrina, New Orleans after the Promises offers a detailed portrait of the complex city that developed after its last epic reconstruction.
Author | : Lyle Saxon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Carnival |
ISBN | : |
Download Fabulous New Orleans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"This book is rather like a Mardi Gras parade -- a series of impressions. Each chapter is like a decorated car which tells a story. Some of the stories are brave and courageous, others are informative, or amusing, or bizarre, or fantastic. or cruel; but they are all interlocking stories--a pageant of a city...I have not attempted to write history in its strict sense although the main events of the French, Spanish and American Dominations are outlined and several chapters on the new New Orleans have been added."-- from Introduction.
Author | : Eliza Ripley |
Publisher | : New York ; London : D. Appleton and Company |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Social Life in Old New Orleans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Jan Arrigo |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2008-05-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780760329740 |
Download Plantations & Historic Homes of New Orleans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Hurricane Katrina ravaged much of New Orleans in 2005, but thankfully the city’s most treasured historic homes survived. Plantations & Historic Homes of New Orleans is a poignant tribute of these storied mansions, whose architectural beauty brings a unique flair to the Big Easy’s most famous neighborhoods. From the French Quarter and Garden District to Uptown, Marigny, and Bayou St. John, many of New Orleans’ grandest old homes and nearby plantations are featured in this book, showcasing the massive brick columns, intricate cast-iron balconies, wide verandas, sumptuous parlors, and humble servants quarters that give this area its charm. Open these pages and you’ll travel to Destrehan, the oldest plantation house in the Mississippi Valley, originally built of hand-hewn bald cypress timber using briquette entre’pateaux, mud (clay, river sand, and Spanish moss) between post; the homes artist Edgar Degas and author William Faulkner lived in during their New Orleans’ stays; and the 1850 House located in the Lower Pontalba building on Jackson Square. Learn about the building’s namesake, a baroness with a tumultuous family life who managed to escape murder and was also responsible for building the American embassy in Paris. With lavish photographs of exteriors and rooms of special interest, gardens and curiosities, and detailed information about New Orleans’ diverse architecture and history, this book is both a perfect guide for visitors and natives alike and an enchanting visual tour of one of the greatest cities in the United States.
Author | : C. Dier |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625858558 |
Download 1868 St. Bernard Parish Massacre, The: Blood in the Cane Fields Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Days before the tumultuous presidential election of 1868, St. Bernard Parish descended into chaos. As African American men gained the right to vote, white Democrats of the parish feared losing their majority. Armed groups mobilized to suppress these recently emancipated voters in the hopes of regaining a way of life turned upside down by the Civil War and Reconstruction. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered in cold blood. Many fled to the cane fields to hide from their attackers. The reported number of those killed varies from 35 to 135. The tragedy was hidden, but implications reverberated throughout the South and lingered for generations. Author and historian Chris Dier reveals the horrifying true story behind the St. Bernard Parish Massacre.
Author | : Jim Fraiser |
Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781578065240 |
Download The French Quarter of New Orleans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The author, a native of New Orleans, displays his passion for the "French Quarter" of the city in 106 color photographs highlighting Old World architecture, style, and history that has made this section of the city famous throughout the world.
Author | : Richard Sexton |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2003-09 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 0811841316 |
Download New Orleans Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is a beautiful introduction to the multicultural art and architecture of the "Crescent City," the cognomen given to the city nestled along a tight bend of the Mississippi River. In this introductory history, the reader is familiarized with many new terms reflecting the multiethnic complexity of the local population. The combination of African, French, and Anglo-American immigrants formed a unique Creole culture that has produced its own music, cuisine, art, and architecture, displayed superbly in a vast variety of photographs.
Author | : Stanley Clisby Arthur |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Cocktails |
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