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John Miller
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New Orleans Stories: Great Writers on the City |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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224 |
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1992-03-01 |
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0811800598 |
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Chronicle Books |
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0.85 pounds |
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6.1 x 8.97 x 0.65 inches |
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3 Jory M. (USA: WA), Maureen (USA: MI), Dee R (USA: CA) |
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3 Maureen (USA: MI), Neverwithoutabook (Canada), M. Thomas (USA: CO) |
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Product Description
Alive with jazz and tropical flowers, its streets an intoxicating 24-hour party, New Orleans exerts a hypnotic effect on virtually every visitor and resident, but perhaps none have been more susceptible to its exotic charm than the writers who have lived there. From Mark Twain to William Faulkner to Anne Rice; from Kate Chopin to Zora Neale Hurston to Ellen Gilchrist; from Tennessee Williams to Truman Capote to Walker Percy, the authors in this remarkable collection celebrate the city that stirs their imaginations as no other can. Third in our best-selling series of anthologies centered around America's great cities, New Orleans Stories includes not only "literature," but also interviews, ghost stories, and voodoo charms. Perfect for first-time visitors as well as longtime residents, it re-creates the heady, mesmerizing atmosphere of New Orleans itself.
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Jory M. (USA: WA) (2007/08/20):
This book will not serve as a guidebook to New Orleans, but it is a great literary tour of New Orleans. It includes journals of explorers all the way back to 1689 and classic writings like Tennessee Williams. My favorite accounts are from Louis Armstrong's early days living in New Orleans adn a short story by John Dos Passos.
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