Popular New Orleans: The Crescent City in Periodicals, Theme Parks, and Opera, 1875–2015 100019695X, 9781000196955

New Orleans is unique – which is precisely why there are many Crescent Cities all over the world: for almost 150 years,

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Crescent City Girls: The Lives of Young Black Women in Segregated New Orleans 1469622807, 978-1469622804
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Haunted New Orleans: History & Hauntings of the Crescent City 1614232598, 9781614232599
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Secrets of New Orleans: A 1920s Sourcebook to the Crescent City (23114) 1568823029, 9781568823027
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Down in New Orleans: Reflections from a Drowned City 9780520933842
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Condensed History of New Orleans: America's Most Interesting City 9781891053474
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This anonymous tourist pamphlet written at the beginning of the 20th century covers the culture, history, architecture a

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