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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101565549317
ISBN-139781565549319
eBay Product ID (ePID)1955758
Product Key Features
Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication NameFrenchmen, Desire, Good Children : ... and Other Streets of New Orleans!
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
SubjectUnited States / South / West South Central (Ar, La, Ok, Tx), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Reference, Travel, History
TypeMap
AuthorJohn Churchill Chase
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight11.1 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Synopsis"John Chase has taken what in lesser hands would have been a dull recounting of fact and made a delightfully accurate yet breezy book." -New Orleans Times-Picayune "History in its most painless form . . . lightened not only by cartoons but by narrative approach." -New York Herald Tribune The history of New Orleans is a street-level story, with names like Iberville, Terpsichore, Gravier, Tchoupitoulas, and, of course, Bourbon, presenting the city's past with every step. The late John Churchill Chase eloquently chronicles the origins and development of the most fascinating of American cities in this humorous read. Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children details the interesting stories of the developers and families as well as the infamous and famous people, places, and events from which the city's names and character are drawn. First published by now-defunct New Orleans publisher Robert L. Crager in 1949, the book remains funny and informative, generally accepted as a standard reference about the Crescent City., Few cities can boast such numerous, strange-sounding, regal, and historic street names as New Orleans.