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The Pleasure Quartet: Winter

Vina Jackson

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For fans of the Calendar Girl series It took years for Giselle to complete the journey from Orleans...

A Company Man: The Remarkable French-Atlantic Voyage of a Clerk for the Company of the Indies

Marc-Antoine Caillot, Erin M. Greenwald and Teri F. Chalmers

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Inside the Arts

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Join host Diane Mack for a conversation with the leading figures of the New Orleans arts and culture...

Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans in Books

Jan 12, 2018

[Empire of Sin]by [Gary Krist] was an interesting account of the downfall of what I would have thought as the golden age of New Orleans. New Orleans was the last bastion of sin in the South during the Gilded Age in America. This was a time period when people were trying to live by Victorian standards and New Orleans went against them all. This was a war between cultures and depending who won, New Orleans was bound to be changed.

The book was well written. It started out really strong and the characters in the book were very colorful, more so knowing they were real people. This was a character driven non fiction which makes sense for New Orleans which had more than it's share. My only complaint was towards the end of the book [Krist] seemed to be quickly wrapping up some stories not giving the details that were present in the beginning.

I have recommended this book to quite a few people though. It was a much needed non-fiction fix.