02169nam 22005413 450 991015645770332120230807213126.097817862596771786259672(CKB)3710000000986088(MiAaPQ)EBC4809552(Au-PeEL)EBL4809552(CaPaEBR)ebr11349003(OCoLC)974590740(MiAaPQ)EBC32204891(Au-PeEL)EBL32204891(OCoLC)1530375960(BIP)56226207(EXLCZ)99371000000098608820210901d2015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe French Quarter An Informal History Of The New Orleans Underworld1st ed.San Francisco :Hauraki Publishing,2015.©2015.1 online resource (297 pages)Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- NOUVELLE-ORLÉANS -- IN THE DAYS OF THE DONS -- DOWN THE RIVER TO DIXIE -- LE CRÉOLE S'AMUSE -- THE TERROR OF THE GULF -- FILIBUSTERS -- GAMBLERS AFLOAT AND ASHORE -- CONGO SQUARE -- VOODOO -- "AN EPOCH OF DEGENERATION" -- "HELL ON EARTH" -- SOME LOOSE LADIES OF BASIN STREET -- CRIMINALS' PARADISE -- STORYVILLE -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.For over a century the French Quarter was the center of a city of sin and gaiety unique on the North American continent.The development of the New Orleans of legend was fostered by an improbable mixture of Creoles, river gamblers, pirates, politicians, reckless women, adventuring aristocrats, and some of the world's most daring entrepreneurs.French Quarter Moral conditionsCrimeProstitutionMoral conditions.Crime.Prostitution.976.3Asbury Herbert176678MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910156457703321The French Quarter3407561UNINA