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Hidden history of New Orleans / Josh Foreman and Ryan Starrett ; foreword by Katy Simpson Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foreman, Josh, author.
- Starrett, Ryan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Orleans (La.)--History.
- New Orleans (La.).
- French--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- French.
- Spaniards--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Spaniards.
- British--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- British.
- Slavery--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.
- Slavery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- The history of New Orleans is one of contrasts--heroes and villains, catastrophe and celebration, sinners and saints. In this New Orleans, a serial-killing axeman threatens to murder anyone not playing jazz. A fearless band of missionary nuns pushes to civilize the frontier. During World War II, Nazi U-boats lurk off the coast, while Denton Crocker's battle with local mosquitoes contributes to victory in the Pacific. From the streetcar strikers who lined the thoroughfares with IEDs to the unsung heroine of the Battle of New Orleans, Ryan Starrett and Josh Foreman offer a dose of history that would be hard to believe if it hadn't happened here. --Back cover.
- Contents:
- Foreword, by Katy Simpson Smith
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Memories of Penicaut: a Frechman finds adventure in Louisiana
- Sinners and Saints: the parallel lives of Michel Degout and the Ursuline Nuns
- Amor Ombia Vincit: even an Invincible Redcoat Army
- The duelists: Clara and the Beast
- Pierced with Slander's venomed spear: the sad tale of Cap Murphy and Recorder Ford
- Liberia or bust: Robert Charles versus New Orleans
- From deepest Tartarus: The Axeman and the Birth of Jax
- Dynamite bandits: terrorist tactics in the Carmen's strike of 1929
- Mosquitoes and torpedoes : New Orleans goes to war
- LAvender line: Tennessee Williams and Gay New Orleans
- Gumbo: vignettes from New Orleans's food history
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781439668894
- 1439668892
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