Entrée principale:

Kane, Harnett T. (Harnett Thomas), 1910-1984, author.

Titre et auteur:

Queen New Orleans : city by the river / by Harnett Kane.

Publication:

New York, NY : W. Morrow, 1949.

Description:

x, 374 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Introduction: New orleans is a lady -- Part I: Once A Creole, Always A Creole -- largesse, finesse, and l'amour -- bad girl, good girl -- the cannibal widow -- one was fat, one was lean -- everybody dance american! -- the baroness had red hair -- Part II: Prodigal Days -- destiny in the wind -- pistols for two -- the glad, sad band of mummers -- sirens on the ramparts -- bronze john pays a call -- years of the locust -- Part III: Lustrous Town -- music in the air -- the bright lights of storyville -- "elgin movements in my hips" -- cities within the city -- the art of eating -- "if ever i cease to love"
Also issued online.

Ressources:
Table of contents

Sujet:

New Orleans History.
New Orleans Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
New Orleans (La.) History.
New Orleans (La.) Social life and customs.
La Nouvelle-Orléans (Louis.) Descriptions et voyages.
La Nouvelle-Orléans (Louis.) Histoire.
Louisiana New Orleans.

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, former owner.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 108441
Cote: W12829; ID:86-B21836
Statut: Disponible