Herbert Asbury

The French Quarter

An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld. Sprache: Englisch.

kartoniert , 512 Seiten

ISBN 1560254947

EAN 9781560254942

Veröffentlicht Februar 2003

Verlag/Hersteller Basic Books

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Beschreibung

This long out-of-print chronicle of the sordid history of New Orleans's underworld by Asbury ("The Gangs of New York") chronicles the city's history as the first gambling capital in the United States, its bordellos, and its violent street crime.

Portrait

Herbert Asbury (1891-1963) was a prolific journalist, editor, newspaperman, and author of The Gangs of New York, The Barbary Coast, The French Quarter, Sucker's Progress, The Gangs of Chicago, and other books.

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