Fabulous New Orleans

Fabulous New Orleans

by Lyle Saxon (Author)

Synopsis

Saxon's accounts include Mardi Gras as seen through the eyes of a boy and a brief history of the city.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 338
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: Jan 1989

ISBN 10: 0882897063
ISBN 13: 9780882897066

Author Bio
Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) ranks among Louisianas most outstanding writers. During the 1920s and 1930s, he was the central figure in the regions literary community and was widely known as a raconteur and bon vivant. In addition to Lafitte the Pirate and Children of Strangers, he also wrote Fabulous New Orleans, Old Louisiana, Father Mississippi: The Story of the Great Flood of 1927, The Friends of Joe Gilmore (F), and was a coauthor of Gumbo Ya-Ya: Folk Tales of Louisiana with Edward Dreyer and Robert Tallant. During the Depression he directed the state WPA Writers Project, which produced the WPA Guide to Louisiana and the WPA Guide to New Orleans.