Beautiful Crescent: A History of New Orleans

by Joan B. Garvey, Mary Lou Widmer, Kathy Spiess (Editor), Karen Chappetta (Editor), Jane Molony (Foreword by)

Overview

Celebrate 300 years of New Orleans history!

Originally written by Joan B. Garvey and Mary Lou Widmer, this book is widely regarded as the definitive text for tourists, locals, teachers, and students. Complete with a new forward by Barbara Robichaux, a professional French Quarter tour guide, this concise history directs the reader through the diverse traditions and cultures of New Orleans. The updates in this tricentennial edition celebrate the 300-year history of New Orleans, with chapters including details of the city's founding, changing European rule, slavery, and much more. With lists of notable figures and events, this reference volume is a must for historians, tour guides, and lovers of the Big Easy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455623419
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/27/2017
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	504,107
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

JOAN B. GARVEY, a former teacher and tour guide, is a native New Orleanian.


MARY LOU WIDMER, a native of New Orleans, is a certified descendant of the area's settlers prior to the Louisiana Purchase. She is a member of the Louisiana Colonials and the Daughters of 1812.


Editors KATHY SPIESS and KAREN WILDENFELS are the owners of the Tale of Two Sisters bookstore in Covington, Louisiana.


Karen Chappetta, a native of New Orleans, currently works as a paralegal. She and her sister, Kathy Spiess, owned Tale of Two Sisters Bookstore in Covington, Louisiana.

Table of Contents

Foreword 9

Preface 11

Beautiful Crescent

Chapter I The Part the River Played 13

Chapter II Discovery and Exploration 23

Chapter III The French Period 29

Chapter IV The Spanish Period 53

Chapter V On Becoming American: 1803-15 73

Chapter VI Progress in a Period of Peace: 1820-60 93

Chapter VII Customs, Carnival, and Cemeteries 139

Chapter VIII New Orleans, an Occupied City: 1862-76 187

Chapter IX Rebirth and Resurgence: 1865-1930 203

Chapter X Growth in a Modern City: After 1930 231

Chapter XI New Orleans in the New Millennium 251

Chapter XII Disasters: Natural and Manmade 277

Reference Sections

Mayors of New Orleans 293

Governors of Louisiana 295

Statues and Monuments 298

Noted Personalities 300

Chronology 309

Glossary 318

Bibliography 321

About the Authors 326

Index 327